Re: [boost] Old style casts and Boost style guidelines

Subject: Re: [boost] Old style casts and Boost style guidelines
From: John Bytheway (jbytheway+boost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-09-14 15:04:58

John Maddock wrote:
> John Bytheway wrote:
>>> There can still be problems, though, if you use boost macros with old
>>> style casts in your own files.  IME, BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT is the worst
>>> offender (according to the docs it's because of compiler
>>>  deficiencies). That was what finally forced my to turn off
>>> -Wold-style-cast in some
>>> of my code.
> 
> Is this still an issue with the current Trunk code, I thought I had that 
> issue quashed?

I'm still using 1.35, but indeed it looks like the trunk code doesn't 
have this issue (based on visual inspection).  Thanks for that; I look 
forward to its arrival in my distro :).

John