"Gabriel Dos Reis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > "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) ?
no because either way, the only thing you can do with that T* result is cast it back to its original type before using it, which is the very you do with reinterpret_cast. _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost
