ext-boost/boost/implicit_cast.hpp

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// Copyright David Abrahams 2003.
// Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See
// accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
// http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
#ifndef IMPLICIT_CAST_DWA200356_HPP
# define IMPLICIT_CAST_DWA200356_HPP
namespace boost {
namespace detail {
template<class T> struct icast_identity
{
typedef T type;
};
} // namespace detail
// implementation originally suggested by C. Green in
// http://lists.boost.org/MailArchives/boost/msg00886.php
// The use of identity creates a non-deduced form, so that the
// explicit template argument must be supplied
template <typename T>
inline T implicit_cast (typename boost::detail::icast_identity<T>::type x) {
return x;
}
// incomplete return type now is here
//template <typename T>
//void implicit_cast (...);
} // namespace boost
#endif // IMPLICIT_CAST_DWA200356_HPP