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Can somebody tell me when exactly a static_cast is invalid,
and when not?

thanks,
marc

Jul 18 '05 #1
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Marc Schellens wrote:
Can somebody tell me when exactly a static_cast is invalid,
and when not?


It's valid when a well-defined conversion exists, but not when a
reinterpret_cast or const_cast would be required.

But then, this is comp.lang.python :-).

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