Re: [boost] Proposal for any_cast to references

From: Douglas Gregor (gregod_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-01-21 16:54:33

On Tuesday 21 January 2003 04:24 pm, David Abrahams wrote:
> Unai Uribarri <unaiur_at_[hidden]> writes:
> > Currently, any_cast doesn't allow to cast to
> > references. Instead, you have obscure castings from
> > any* to T returning T*.
>
> That sounds like a design mistake on the face of it.

This comment has come up before, and everyone seems to agree that we'd prefer 
the semantics that Unai proposes. I think the only reason that we haven't 
changed the semantics is that we don't want to change Kevlin's design without 
hearing the reasons for the existing design. 

        Doug