static_cast

[Erik Max Francis]

Marc Schellens wrote:

> Can somebody tell me when exactly a static_cast is invalid,
> and when not?

It's valid when a well-defined conversion exists, but not when a
reinterpret_cast or const_cast would be required.

But then, this is comp.lang.python :-).

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