Re: [boost] boost/pool/pool.hpp why reinterpret_cast instead ofstatic_cast?

Subject: Re: [boost] boost/pool/pool.hpp why reinterpret_cast instead ofstatic_cast?
From: Niels Dekker - mail address until 2010-10-10 (niels_address_until_2010-10-10_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-03-12 09:44:28

Philippe Vaucher wrote:
> In the file
> https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/browser/trunk/boost/pool/pool.hpp
> there's the following code:
> 
>  static char * malloc(const size_type bytes)
>  {
>    return reinterpret_cast<char *>(std::malloc(bytes));
>  }
> 
> It is my understanding that void* to T* convertions should be done
> using static_cast and not reinterpret_cast.
> Is there a reason for using reinterpret_cast there?

Good question.  I also think it should be static_cast<char*>.

HTH, Niels
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Niels Dekker
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Scientific programmer at LKEB, Leiden University Medical Center