Gabriel Dos Reis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> "David B. Held" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> | Does this have any merit whatsoever?
> | 
> | template <typename T, typename U>
> | T* dangerous_cast(U* p)
> | {
> |     return static_cast<T*>(static_cast<void*>(p));
> | }
>
> Is it any different from reinterpret_cast<T*>(p) ?

It might be, depending on your compiler. The behavior of
reinterpret_cast<T*> is implementation-defined.

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