Re: [Boost-users] shared_ptr implicit dynamic cast

From: Andrew Holden (aholden_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-07-12 10:57:49

Scott McMurray wrote
> My apologies, I didn't know that.  Certainly a very nice feature as it
> means that even without the virtual destructor both would be safe.
> 
> Promises to double-check the documentation before replying next time,

No worries.  It wasn't exactly a highly advertised feature.  Besides,
the note implied that older versions of shared pointer didn't do that,
so I just figured you learned about shared pointers before they added
it.

Andrew