From -1109853913990951614 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f78e5,857007135a18bc05 X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public From: Ron Natalie Subject: Re: static_cast to void Date: 1999/09/10 Message-ID: <37D843AB.E7446C98@sensor.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 523234097 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Approved: Fergus Henderson References: X-Original-Date: Thu, 09 Sep 1999 18:32:59 -0500 X-Accept-Language: en Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-2 X-Complaints-To: news@news.unimelb.edu.au X-Trace: ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au 936934891 22830 128.250.29.16 (10 Sep 1999 03:41:31 GMT) Organization: Sensor Systems X-Auth: PGPMoose V1.1 PGP comp.std.c++ iQBFAgUAN9h95+EDnX0m9pzZAQE3yQF/b7VHZ17t9rUexW0RZ+fEugBHzFiwLFrt Wz/Kj4hUuXgtO8KV5lY1i/mtgpm+0C7K =TE8z Mime-Version: 1.0 NNTP-Posting-Date: 10 Sep 1999 03:41:31 GMT Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ Masao Morita wrote: > > > static_cast(Any_Expression); > > This expression looks like meaningless. > Probably, the content of Any_expression would make sence in any case. > what sort of case? > Sometimes in templates void ends up being a useful construct. It's the same reason why void functions can return void expressions. --- [ comp.std.c++ is moderated. To submit articles, try just posting with ] [ your news-reader. If that fails, use mailto:std-c++@ncar.ucar.edu ] [ --- Please see the FAQ before posting. --- ] [ FAQ: http://reality.sgi.com/austern_mti/std-c++/faq.html ]