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

From: Eric Woodruff (Eric.Woodruff_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-10-09 12:36:54

In my reading of the standard, clause 7 (which I pasted earlier) excludes
pointer conversions from clause 3 below.

[snip]

> >     5.2.10 Reinterpret cast
> >     ...
> >     3 The mapping performed by reinterpret_cast is
> >     implementation-defined. [Note: it might, or might not, produce a
> >     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >     representation different from the original value. ]
> >
> > That means it does _something_, but only the compiler vendor and those
> > who have read the manual know what it does.
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