[boost] Re: Re: dangerous_cast<>

From: David B. Held (dheld_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-12-04 15:05:54

"Gabriel Dos Reis" <gdr_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
news:m38yz5pp08.fsf_at_uniton.integrable-solutions.net...
> [...]
> What do mean exactly by a "valid Foo*"?

I mean that reinterpret_cast<> may legally map what you think ought
to be a Foo* in a T* to a value that does not point to any Foo object.
At least, that is my understanding of 5.2.10/3.

Dave