Re: [boost] [numeric_cast] request for boost:

Subject: Re: [boost] [numeric_cast] request for boost:
From: Thorsten Ottosen (thorsten.ottosen_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-11-06 11:29:24

Mathias Gaunard skrev:
> Sebastian Redl wrote:
> 
>>> That approach seems like bloat.
>>> Couldn't polymorphic_cast and polymorphic_downcast be overloaded?
>>
>> How is that less bloat?
> 
> Having all of any_cast (dynamic_cast which always throws on error), 
> any_unsafe_cast (static_cast), any_downcast (static_cast with debug 
> checks) and finally any_test_cast (dynamic cast that can return null) 
> doesn't seem like bloat to you?

I only suggested to have two. For a majority of cases, static_cast can 
be replaced with XX_dowcast() that does a debug check.

-Thorsten