Re: [Boost-users] Syntax of get for Variant and any_cast for Any

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-03-13 01:44:45

Doug Gregor <dgregor_at_[hidden]> writes:

> We can't overload dynamic_cast, which is too bad: that's the right  
> name for this sort of thing.

Maybe; I'm not so sure.  xxx_cast implies capability that you probably
wouldn't get from variant, like the ability to tell if some base class
of the currently-stored type were available.

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Dave Abrahams
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