Re:A Usable C++ Dialect That Is Safe Against Memory Corruption
by nobugs on Friday March 16, 2018 @01:12AM
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> You can static_cast a void * into other kinds of pointers.
Moreover, you can use static_cast for downcasts (from the parent class to child class) - without runtime costs of dynamic_cast. static_cast is not safe (it doesn't perform runtime checks), but reinterpret_cast is even worse (it doesn't perform even compile-time checks).
Moreover, you can use static_cast for downcasts (from the parent class to child class) - without runtime costs of dynamic_cast. static_cast is not safe (it doesn't perform runtime checks), but reinterpret_cast is even worse (it doesn't perform even compile-time checks).