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

From: Edward Diener (eldiener_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-01-03 18:36:55

Michael Bradley Jr wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> can someone please provide me an elegant way to solve the current problem.
> 
> 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 !

It implicitly casts except on some backward compilers, where it can 
fail. See the boost::shared_ptr documentation under the introduction, 
6th paragraph.