"Sohail Somani"
-----Original Message----- From: boost-users-bounces@lists.boost.org [mailto:boost-users-bounces@lists.boost.org] On Behalf Of David Abrahams
Incidentally, if you find that the proper C++ construct is "less portable. somehow." you should use BOOST_WORKAROUND to isolate the compiler for which it fails to work, if only so that the reason for the workaround is documented.
I thought the same thing but my name isnt Dave Abrahams and I don't have an important email address. Doh.
Well, your opinion is always welcome anyway :-) Porting something to 10+ compilers is not always super easy. And changing something that might break a regression is always something I'm a bit reluctant to do. Yes, I've seen compilers where a reinterpret_cast + const_cast did not do what c-style cast would do. Don't ask me why. :-) Anyway, let's see if it breaks anything. -Thorsten