Convert “this” pointer to string

Question

In a system where registered objects must have unique names, I want to use/include the object\'s this pointer in the name. I want the simplest way to create

Answer 1

You could use string representation of the address:

#include  //for std::stringstream 
#include   //for std::string

const void * address = static_cast(this);
std::stringstream ss;
ss << address;  
std::string name = ss.str();