Re: [boost] Proposal: force_cast<> (... and lexical_cast<>)

From: jk_at_[hidden]
Date: 2002-01-17 00:48:30

16 Jan 2002 21:27:44 +0300 Mac Murrett wrote:
>You are both correct on this one, I had not thought of it this way.  This
>would make the implementation:
>
>template<class Return_Type, class Argument_Type>
>inline Return_Type &force_cast(const Argument_Type &rSrc)
>    {    return(*reinterpret_cast<const Return_Type *>(&rSrc));    }

If you want mutable Return_Type&, then Argument_Type& should be mutable
too; if the input argument is const&, then result must be const
reference too.

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jk