On Wed, 10 May 2017 20:25:49 +0100 Daniel Boles <dboles....@gmail.com> wrote: > On 10 May 2017 at 20:24, Daniel Boles <dboles....@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Do you have any recommended reading on the cases which C casts can > > handle, and adjust as required, but reinterpret_cast<> cannot? That > > was surprising to me as I thought the C++ casts could cover all the > > angles. > > Sorry, of course I meant 'reinterpret_cast<> and any other C++ > casts', i.e. cases that only the old C cast can handle. Some examples > of discussion and a note of the relevant Standard bits (I have the > PDF open permanently but never have much luck searching!) would be > much appreciated.
I don't have any recommended reading I am afraid. The ability to use C casts to cast from derived to private base is required by these words in ยง5.4/4 of C++14, in describing the behaviour of C casts: "The same semantic restrictions and behaviors apply, with the exception that in performing a static_cast in the following situations the conversion is valid even if the base class is inaccessible" . Therefore, C casts can cast as if by static_cast to inaccessible types even where static_cast cannot. Chris _______________________________________________ gtkmm-list mailing list gtkmm-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtkmm-list
