[boost] Re: implicit smart pointer conversions

From: Kevlin Henney (kevlin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-03-20 11:47:02

In message <38D64F3B.5BEC_at_[hidden]>, Valentin Bonnard
<Bonnard.V_at_[hidden]> writes
>How the privateness of auto_ptr_ref has anything to do with 
>this problem is beyond me.

auto_ptr<X> cannot see anything that is private in auto_ptr<Y>, where X
and Y are different types, hence no conversion even if they are related
by inheritance.
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