[boost] Re: implict_cast, was geometry2d #4

From: Gavin Collings (gcollings_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-02-08 06:42:01

> The point of the name was that only implicit conversions could be
> performed.  Derived --> Base, yes; Base --> Derived, no.  Explicit_cast
> is the name for the group of standard casts.  Static_cast can do
> anything that implicit_cast can do, but not conversly.  Unlike
> static_cast, it is known to be safe.

That's ok, I can live with the name; it's the usage that should be made more ...
explicit.

Gavin