------- Comment #1 from pinskia at gcc dot gnu dot org 2005-12-21 22:54 ------- GCC is correct: const PTR mycast(const A *a) { return (static_cast<const PTR>(a));
a is a pointer to a const A. While the cast you are trying to use is a constant pointer to B. And that is invalid C++ to use static_cast to remove a const. -- pinskia at gcc dot gnu dot org changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|UNCONFIRMED |RESOLVED Resolution| |INVALID http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25525