[boost] Re: Re: reinterpret_cast<constshared_ptr<constT>&>[wasRe:const-correctness as function argument]

From: Eric Woodruff (Eric.Woodruff_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-10-09 11:41:04

[snip]
>
> You can't count on any particular behavior if you use reinterpret_cast
> for anything, unless you read the compiler manual first.
> [snip]

There's no mention of that in the standard, and secondly, I cannot grasp on
the idea that the language framers would create a tool that was practically
useless and completely unportable.