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From: Martin Bonner (Martin.Bonner_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-10-10 12:01:14
From: Simonson, Lucanus J
> There are cases where reading
> the C++ standard will inform a developer that reinterpret_cast is safe
> [snip]. Specifically, I submit that inheritance and
> composition are such cases
As I said in my previous email, I don't think so. BUT...
> provided that additional data members are not
> added in the subtype or composed type.
... I missed this.
I still don't think the standard makes the guarantees you think it does,
but in practise, you are much less likely to run into problems with that
limitation.
If the types are inherited (rather than composed) I still think you have
problems if the derived class overrides virtuals in the base.
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