From: MB (mb2act_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-01-14 17:45:33
Sebastian Redl wrote:
> MB wrote:
>
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>Does boost has anything like :
>>
>> template< class T > inline
>> const T& const_(const T& x)
>> {
>> return x;
>> }
>>
>>
>>I guess that boost::cref is different...
>>
>>
>
> What exactly is the use of this? Did you perhaps mean to make the
> parameter non-const? If so, why would you need a function for something
> that's an implicit cast anyway?
Hi,
A short story is:
struct X { };
void f(X& x);
void f(const X& x);
void test()
{
X x; {
// initialize x.
}
f(const_(x));
}
Here is the long story:
http://www.open-std.org/JTC1/SC22/WG21/docs/papers/2004/n1674.pdf
Regards,
MB
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