[boost] Re: any interest in immutable_string/string pooling ?

From: James Curran/MVP (jamescurran_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-10-04 08:15:00

"Craig Henderson" <cdm.henderson_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
news:anhmca$b7t$1_at_main.gmane.org...
> 3) the operator<() uses reinterpret_cast<int> to case a pointer to an int.
> b) Shouldn't this be static_cast<>?

    static_cast - value stays the same (is static), but bit image might
changes (eg.  int -> float)
    reinterpret_cast - value may change (is reinterpreted), but bit-image
stays the same.

    So, it really wants to be a reinterpret_cast

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