[boost] Rationale question wrt boost::get_pointer()

From: Hartmut Kaiser (hartmut.kaiser_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-03-02 13:08:18

Hi all,

could anybody please explain to me why there is no general overload for the
boost::get_pointer() function:

template <typename T>
T* get_pointer(T& t)
{
    return &t;
}

which would catch all the non-specialized cases? 

Regards Hartmut