[Boost-users] Re: Safe downcast of a shared_ptr?

steve ahlgren wrote:

Hello :

Is there safe/easy way to downcast shared pointers?

ie boost::shared_ptr< Derived_Type > dPtr = [appropriate_method_here] ( base_ptr );

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