Re: [Boost-users] Casting a shared_ptr as a prototyped (void *)?

From: Elli Barasch (comptonsw_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-01-15 19:34:17

Richard Dingwall wrote:
> On Jan 16, 2008 1:11 PM, Elli Barasch <comptonsw_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>   
>> I'd like to pass a shared_ptr as the entry argument to a thread function
>> via pthread_create.  However,
>> the entry argument is prototyped as void *.    I can't simply cast the
>> shared pointer as a (void *).   How do I go about this?
>>     
>
> Try passing:
>
> static_cast<void *>(your_ptr.get())
>
>
> Richard
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Super.  Thanks for the quick response!