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Subject: Re: [boost] Towards a Warning free code policy proposal
From: Dave Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-08-29 09:21:55


On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 1:50 AM, Mathias Gaunard
<mathias.gaunard_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> size_t(size) instead of static_cast<size_t>(size) should work just fine.
> No need for any cast.

The problem with that is that size_t(size) *is* a dangerous c-style
cast unless size_t has a nontrivial constructor.

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