"David Abrahams" <dave@[...].com>  wrote in message
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>  "Peter Dimov" <pdimov@[...].net> writes:
> 
>  > From: "Eric Woodruff" <Eric.Woodruff@[...].com>
>  >>
>  >> "David Abrahams" <dave@[...].com> wrote in message
>  >> news:uvg2w6j80.fsf@[...]..
>  >> > "Peter Dimov" <pdimov@[...].net> writes:
>  >> >
[snip]

>  >> Alternatively, it could be named boost_dynamic_cast
>  >> and put in the global namespace, where it can be overloaded as needed
by
>  >> boost.
>  >
>  > This doesn't look too good if you consider the possible boost->std
>  > transition. :-)
> 
>  But "sp" does? <wink>
> 
>     How about dynamic_pointer_cast<T>(x)?

Why not polymorphic_cast<> ?

> 
>  Of course, we can make it work for regular pointers, too.
> 
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