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professional-program-12-Casts-ReinterpretCast.c
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professional-program-12-Casts-ReinterpretCast.c
class X {};
class Y {};
int main(int argc, char** argv)
{
int i = 3;
X x;
Y y;
X* xp;
Y* yp;
// Need reinterpret cast to perform pointer conversion from unrelated classes
// static_cast doesn't work
xp = reinterpret_cast<X*>(yp);
// Need reinterpret_cast to go from pointer to int and from int to pointer
i = reinterpret_cast<int>(xp);
xp = reinterpret_cast<X*>(i);
// Need reinterpret cast to perform reference conversion from unrelated
// classes -- static_cast doesn't work
X& xr = x;
Y& yr = reinterpret_cast<Y&>(x);
return (0);
}
(C) Æliens
20/2/2008
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