Re: [boost] implicit_cast

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-11-22 06:48:01

From: "David Abrahams" <dave_at_[hidden]>
>
> Here's what I think might be a correct implementation:
>
>      template <class T, class U> T implicit_cast(U const& x) { return x; }
>      template <class T, class U> T implicit_cast(U& x) { return x; }

The correct implementation IIRC is

template<class T> T implicit_cast(typename identity<T>::type x) { return
x; }