12 Nov
2008
12 Nov
'08
4:18 a.m.
on Tue Nov 11 2008, Thorsten Ottosen <thorsten.ottosen-AT-dezide.com> wrote:
Not to me. In what sense is this proposed cast "down?"
Well, as you say, its narrowing.
The naming applied to polymorphic_cast and polymorphic_downcast is not perfect either, since both can be used to "casting down".
That's like saying a knife is badly named because it can be used for "slicing carrots." -- Dave Abrahams BoostPro Computing http://www.boostpro.com