From: Gennadiy Rozental (gennadiy.rozental_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-05-11 15:24:05


"Thorsten Ottosen" <nesotto_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
news:d5todb$5hk$1_at_sea.gmane.org...
> Hi,
>
> is there any reason why we cannot say
>
> Base& get_ref();
> Derived& boost::polymorphic_downcast<Derived&>( get_ref() );
>
> ?
>
> It works with pointers, shouldn't we overload for references?

I've even implemented one, updated docs and submitted. See thread with
"cast.hpp" in it's name

Gennadiy