[boost] Re: A replacement to any_cast

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-12-08 18:28:14

Stefan Slapeta wrote:
> Mikhail Glushenkov wrote:
> 
>> 
>> I proposed enhancing any_cast by adding support
>> for extracting reference to the held value some
>> time ago(and it was proposed in the past), 
> 
> That was probably me.
> 
>> but nobody
>> replied to that message. Looks like Boost.Any 
>> maintainer's on the vacation.
>> Basic idea was to make this work
>> (now you have to use some obscure syntax):
>> T& object = any_cast<T&>(any_object);
>> 
> 
> I would like to see exactly the same semantics as for boost::get in the 
> variant library: http://tinyurl.com/43nks

Ouch; I didn't know variant was defining get.  This seems like a ripe
area for conflicts with Boost.Graph, which also has many free get()
functions for its property maps.

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Dave Abrahams
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