diff -Naur boost/numeric/ublas/operation.old/begin.hpp boost/numeric/ublas/operation/begin.hpp
--- boost/numeric/ublas/operation.old/begin.hpp	2009-09-30 10:07:21.000000000 +0200
+++ boost/numeric/ublas/operation/begin.hpp	2009-09-30 09:59:38.000000000 +0200
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@
 BOOST_UBLAS_INLINE
 typename ExprT::iterator begin(vector_expression<ExprT>& e)
 {
-	return detail::begin_impl<typename ExprT::type_category>::apply(static_cast<ExprT&>(e));
+	return detail::begin_impl<typename ExprT::type_category>::apply(e());
 }
 
 
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@
 BOOST_UBLAS_INLINE
 typename ExprT::const_iterator begin(vector_expression<ExprT> const& e)
 {
-	return detail::begin_impl<typename ExprT::type_category>::apply(static_cast<ExprT const&>(e));
+	return detail::begin_impl<typename ExprT::type_category>::apply(e());
 }
 
 
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@
 BOOST_UBLAS_INLINE
 typename iterator_type<ExprT,TagT>::type begin(matrix_expression<ExprT>& e)
 {
-	return detail::begin_impl<typename ExprT::type_category, TagT, typename ExprT::orientation_category>::apply(static_cast<ExprT&>(e));
+	return detail::begin_impl<typename ExprT::type_category, TagT, typename ExprT::orientation_category>::apply(e());
 }
 
 
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@
 BOOST_UBLAS_INLINE
 typename const_iterator_type<ExprT,TagT>::type begin(matrix_expression<ExprT> const& e)
 {
-	return detail::begin_impl<typename ExprT::type_category, TagT, typename ExprT::orientation_category>::apply(static_cast<ExprT const&>(e));
+	return detail::begin_impl<typename ExprT::type_category, TagT, typename ExprT::orientation_category>::apply(e());
 }
 
 
diff -Naur boost/numeric/ublas/operation.old/end.hpp boost/numeric/ublas/operation/end.hpp
--- boost/numeric/ublas/operation.old/end.hpp	2009-09-30 10:07:21.000000000 +0200
+++ boost/numeric/ublas/operation/end.hpp	2009-09-30 10:07:56.000000000 +0200
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@
 BOOST_UBLAS_INLINE
 typename ExprT::iterator end(vector_expression<ExprT>& e)
 {
-	return detail::end_impl<typename ExprT::type_category>::apply(static_cast<ExprT&>(e));
+	return detail::end_impl<typename ExprT::type_category>::apply(e());
 }
 
 
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@
 BOOST_UBLAS_INLINE
 typename ExprT::const_iterator end(vector_expression<ExprT> const& e)
 {
-	return detail::end_impl<typename ExprT::type_category>::apply(static_cast<ExprT const&>(e));
+	return detail::end_impl<typename ExprT::type_category>::apply(e());
 }
 
 
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@
 BOOST_UBLAS_INLINE
 typename iterator_type<ExprT,TagT>::type end(matrix_expression<ExprT>& e)
 {
-	return detail::end_impl<typename ExprT::type_category, TagT, typename ExprT::orientation_category>::apply(static_cast<ExprT&>(e));
+	return detail::end_impl<typename ExprT::type_category, TagT, typename ExprT::orientation_category>::apply(e());
 }
 
 
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@
 BOOST_UBLAS_INLINE
 typename const_iterator_type<ExprT,TagT>::type end(matrix_expression<ExprT> const& e)
 {
-	return detail::end_impl<typename ExprT::type_category, TagT, typename ExprT::orientation_category>::apply(static_cast<ExprT const&>(e));
+	return detail::end_impl<typename ExprT::type_category, TagT, typename ExprT::orientation_category>::apply(e());
 }