Re: [boost] Re: [smart_ptr] const-correctness as function argument

From: Daniel Frey (daniel.frey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-10-09 03:51:13

Daniel Frey wrote:
> 
> I haven't followed the discussion closely, so please forgive if this has
> been suggested before or if I misunderstood the problem. You want ptr< T
> > to be usable as a ptr< const T >? What about:
> 
> template< typename T > class ptr
> {
>   ...
> 
> public:
>   operator const ptr< const T >&() const
>   {
>      [Bad ugly reinterpret_cast-version snipped]
>      [Insert your favorite static_cast-version here :)]
>   }
> 
>   ...
> };

I'm interested to hear whether this solves the original problem. If it
doesn't, please let me know, as this would mean that my own
pointer-classes might have an unsolved problem, too. :)

Regards, Daniel

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