Re: [Boost-users] boost::shared_ptr and casting operation

From: Nat Goodspeed (nat_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-01-03 11:27:10

Michael Bradley Jr wrote:

> class A;
> class B : public A;
> 
> boost::shared_ptr<A> pA;
> boost::shared_ptr<B> pB;
> 
> Would like to cast pB to pA with a construct like the *static_cast* but that
> ain't really pretty !

? Won't it just implicitly cast? e.g.

boost::shared_ptr<A> pA2 = pB;