Re: [boost] [function] minor doc issues

Subject: Re: [boost] [function] minor doc issues
From: Thorsten Ottosen (thorsten.ottosen_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-11-20 04:18:59

Steven Watanabe skrev:
> AMDG
> 
> Thorsten Ottosen wrote:
>> Hm. Right, but I did get that from reading the docs. That could be 
>> said more directly IMO. And the fix to the code would be to say
>>
>>  return static_cast<ResultType>(f(arg1,....))
>>
>> would that not "swallow the return value" too?
> 
> It would also allow explicit conversions:
> 
> int f() { return 1; }
> 
> boost::function<std::vector<double>() > func(&f);

I can't compile

     std::vector<double> v = static_cast<std::vector<double>>(42);

what am I overlooking?

-Thorsten