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

Subject: Re: [boost] [numeric_cast] request for boost::numeric_downcast
From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-11-11 23:18:04

on Tue Nov 11 2008, Thorsten Ottosen <thorsten.ottosen-AT-dezide.com> wrote:

>> Not to me.  In what sense is this proposed cast "down?"
>
> Well, as you say, its narrowing.
>
> The naming applied to polymorphic_cast and polymorphic_downcast is not
> perfect either, since both can be used to "casting down".

That's like saying a knife is badly named because it can be used for
"slicing carrots."

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Dave Abrahams
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