Re: [boost] pick_of() proposal

From: Jon Kalb (jonkalb_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-02-11 23:15:31

On 2003-02-11 7:13 PM, "Philippe A. Bouchard" <philippeb_at_[hidden]>
wrote:

> I would like to propose the following helper that returns the address of
> some polymorphic object's leftmost parent.  Useful when you want to find the
> starting address of an allocated block given any other derived parent:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/boost/files/shifted_ptr/pick_of.hpp
> 
> 
> 
> Philippe A. Bouchard

If a user attempts to use this on a non-polymorphic object, will they get a
compile time error or run-time error?

Jon Kalb
jonkalb_at_[hidden]