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From: Martijn van Buul <pino@dohd.org>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: Which casting conversion to use for void*?
Date: Mon, 9 May 2011 08:04:48 +0000 (UTC)
Organization: Eindhoven University of Technology
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* Qi:
> static_cast is type safe cast

It's not. static_cast works for *related* types, but doesn't guarantee
the cast will be safe. 

It's safer than reinterpret_cast, but not safe.

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Martijn van Buul - pino@dohd.org