source: trunk/src/corelib/kernel/qvariant_p.h

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#ifndef QVARIANT_P_H
#define QVARIANT_P_H

//
//  W A R N I N G
//  -------------
//
// This file is not part of the Qt API.  It exists purely as an
// implementation detail.  This header file may change from version to
// version without notice, or even be removed.
//
// We mean it.
//

// takes a type, returns the internal void* pointer cast
// to a pointer of the input type

#include <QtCore/qglobal.h>
#include <QtCore/qvariant.h>

QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE

#ifdef Q_CC_SUN // Sun CC picks the wrong overload, so introduce awful hack

template <typename T>
inline T *v_cast(const QVariant::Private *nd, T * = 0)
{
    QVariant::Private *d = const_cast<QVariant::Private *>(nd);
    return ((sizeof(T) > sizeof(QVariant::Private::Data))
            ? static_cast<T *>(d->data.shared->ptr)
            : static_cast<T *>(static_cast<void *>(&d->data.c)));
}

#else // every other compiler in this world

template <typename T>
inline const T *v_cast(const QVariant::Private *d, T * = 0)
{
    return ((sizeof(T) > sizeof(QVariant::Private::Data))
            ? static_cast<const T *>(d->data.shared->ptr)
            : static_cast<const T *>(static_cast<const void *>(&d->data.c)));
}