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- // File from page 749 in "Thinking in C++" by Bruce Eckel
- //////////////////////////////////////////////////
- // From the compressed package ECKELT01.ZIP 2/21/95
- // Copyright (c) Bruce Eckel, 1995
- // Source code file from the book "Thinking in C++",
- // Prentice Hall, 1995, ISBN: 0-13-917709-4
- // All rights reserved EXCEPT as allowed by the following
- // statements: You may freely use this file for your own
- // work, including modifications and distribution in
- // executable form only. You may copy and distribute this
- // file, as long as it is only distributed in the complete
- // (compressed) package with the other files from this
- // book and you do not remove this copyright and notice.
- // You may not distribute modified versions of the source
- // code in this package. This package may be freely placed
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- // product vendor disks. You may not use this file in
- // printed media without the express permission of the
- // author. Bruce Eckel makes no
- // representation about the suitability of this software
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- // or implied warranty of any kind. The entire risk as to
- // the quality and performance of the software is with
- // you. Should the software prove defective, you assume
- // the cost of all necessary servicing, repair, or
- // correction.
- // If you think you've found an error, please
- // email all modified files with loudly commented changes
- // to: eckel@aol.com (please use the same
- // address for non-code errors found in the book).
- //////////////////////////////////////////////////
-
- //: STATCAST.CPP -- Examples of static_cast
-
- class base { /* ... */ };
- class derived : public base {
- public:
- // ...
- // Automatic type conversion:
- operator int() { return 1; }
- };
-
- void func(int) {}
-
- class other {};
-
- main() {
- int i = 0x7fff; // Max pos value = 32767
- long l;
- float f;
- //(1) typical castless conversions:
- l = i;
- f = i;
- // Also works:
- l = static_cast<long>(i);
- f = static_cast<float>(i);
-
- //(2) narrowing conversions:
- i = l; // May lose digits
- i = f; // May lose info
- // Says "I know," eliminates warnings:
- i = static_cast<int>(l);
- i = static_cast<int>(f);
- char c = static_cast<char>(i);
-
- //(3) forcing a conversion from void* :
- void* vp = &i;
- // Old way produces a dangerous conversion:
- float* fp = (float*)vp;
- // The new way is equally dangerous:
- fp = static_cast<float*>(vp);
-
- //(4) implicit type conversions, normally
- // Performed by the compiler:
- derived d;
- base* bp = &d; // Upcast: normal and OK
- bp = static_cast<base*>(&d); // More explicit
- int x = d; // Automatic type conversion
- x = static_cast<int>(d); // More explicit
- func(d); // Automatic type conversion
- func(static_cast<int>(d)); // More explicit
-
- //(5) Static Navigation of class hierarchies:
- derived* dp = static_cast<derived*>(bp);
- // ONLY an efficiency hack. dynamic_cast is
- // Always safer. However:
- // Other* op = static_cast<other*>(bp);
- // Conveniently gives an error message, while
- other* op2 = (other*)bp;
- // Does not.
- }
-