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Section: 20.3.2.2.10 [util.smartptr.shared.cast] Status: Resolved Submitter: United States Opened: 2017-02-03 Last modified: 2020-09-06
Priority: Not Prioritized
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Discussion:
Addresses US 137
Paragraph (6.2): It is intuitive, but not specified, that the empty pointer returned by a dynamic_pointer_cast should point to null.
Proposed change:
Rephrase as:
Otherwise, shared_ptr<T>().
Proposed resolution:
Resolved by P0414R2, which was adopted in Issaquah.