January 2020
Intermediate to advanced
454 pages
11h 25m
English
Content preview from Advanced C++ Programming Cookbook
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Typecasting with smart pointers
In this recipe, we will learn how to typecast using std::unique_ptr and std::shared_ptr. Typecasting allows you to convert one type into another. This recipe is important as it demonstrates the proper way of handling typecasting with std::unique_ptr and std::shared_ptr when attempting to convert the smart pointer's type (for example, when upcasting or downcasting with virtual inheritance).