Re: [Boost-users] casting shared pointers to derived classes

[snip]   Use tools provided by the shared_ptr itself... Take a look at http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_48_0/libs/smart_ptr/shared_ptr.htm#Synopsis, especially at these functions: template shared_ptr<T> static_pointer_cast(shared_ptr<U> const & r); // never throws template shared_ptr<T> const_pointer_cast(shared_ptr<U> const & r); // never throws template shared_ptr<T> dynamic_pointer_cast(shared_ptr<U> const & r); // never throws  [snip] Thank you Ovanes and Thomas for your insights! I appreciate the help. :D