Re: Implementation of static_cast<>

Bond wrote:
> Im curious to know the implementation of static_cast<> by the C++ compiler.
> Since it is a better version than "C" style casts...
>
> I assume something like:
>
> 1) try to get the type of the non-polymorphic object. something like "typeid()"
> 2) try to match the given pointer/type to the type of the template parameter
> 3) If success return after casting ( "C" style ? ) else return null.


That's dynamic_cast<> (applied to pointers).
static_cast<>, when it can be used, works like the C cast, the compiler just
check for some constraints on the types at compile time.
You can take a look at any C++ book for more details.

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