Re: [Boost-users] Casting a shared_ptr as a prototyped (void *)?

From: Richard Dingwall (rdingwall_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-01-15 19:23:42

On Jan 16, 2008 1:11 PM, Elli Barasch <comptonsw_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> I'd like to pass a shared_ptr as the entry argument to a thread function
> via pthread_create.  However,
> the entry argument is prototyped as void *.    I can't simply cast the
> shared pointer as a (void *).   How do I go about this?

Try passing:

static_cast<void *>(your_ptr.get())

Richard