Need reinterpret cast to perform reference conversion from unrelated classes -- static_cast doesn't work : object pointer « Class « C++






  1. C++
  2. Class
  3. object pointer

Need reinterpret cast to perform reference conversion from unrelated classes -- static_cast doesn't work

  
class X {};
class Y {};

int main(int argc, char** argv)
{
  int i = 3;

  X x;
  Y y;

  X* xp;
  Y* yp;

  X& xr = x;
  Y& yr = reinterpret_cast<Y&>(x);

  return (0);
}








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