23 General utilities library [utilities]

23.11 Smart pointers [smartptr]

23.11.2 Shared-ownership pointers [util.smartptr]

23.11.2.2 Class template shared_­ptr [util.smartptr.shared]

23.11.2.2.9 shared_­ptr casts [util.smartptr.shared.cast]

template<class T, class U> shared_ptr<T> static_pointer_cast(const shared_ptr<U>& r) noexcept;

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Requires: The expression static_­cast<T*>((U*)0) shall be well formed.

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Returns: 

shared_ptr<T>(r, static_cast<typename shared_ptr<T>::element_type*>(r.get()))
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[ Note: The seemingly equivalent expression shared_­ptr<T>(static_­cast<T*>(r.get())) will eventually result in undefined behavior, attempting to delete the same object twice.  — end note ]

template<class T, class U> shared_ptr<T> dynamic_pointer_cast(const shared_ptr<U>& r) noexcept;

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Requires: The expression dynamic_­cast<T*>((U*)0) shall be well formed and shall have well defined behavior.

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Returns:

  • (5.1)

    When dynamic_­cast<typename shared_­ptr<T>​::​element_­type*>(r.get()) returns a nonzero value p, shared_­ptr<T>(r, p).

  • (5.2)

    Otherwise, shared_­ptr<T>().

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[ Note: The seemingly equivalent expression shared_­ptr<T>(dynamic_­cast<T*>(r.get())) will eventually result in undefined behavior, attempting to delete the same object twice.  — end note ]

template<class T, class U> shared_ptr<T> const_pointer_cast(const shared_ptr<U>& r) noexcept;

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Requires: The expression const_­cast<T*>((U*)0) shall be well formed.

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Returns: 

shared_ptr<T>(r, const_cast<typename shared_ptr<T>::element_type*>(r.get()))
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[ Note: The seemingly equivalent expression shared_­ptr<T>(const_­cast<T*>(r.get())) will eventually result in undefined behavior, attempting to delete the same object twice.  — end note ]

template<class T, class U> shared_ptr<T> reinterpret_pointer_cast(const shared_ptr<U>& r) noexcept;

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Requires: The expression reinterpret_­cast<T*>((U*)0) shall be well formed.

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Returns: 

shared_ptr<T>(r, reinterpret_cast<typename shared_ptr<T>::element_type*>(r.get()))
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[ Note: The seemingly equivalent expression shared_­ptr<T>(reinterpret_­cast<T*>(r.get())) will eventually result in undefined behavior, attempting to delete the same object twice.  — end note ]