I have a vector<int> and functions that only accepts a vector<unsigned int> references.I know that I could change/template the functions(and this is likely the best thing to do), but ideally I would have a way to cast/convert the vector<unsigned int> reference to a vector<int> reference. I know that all values in the vector are positive, and non of the functions will even come close to overflowing the intigers.
I have tried using static_cast<vector<int>> but that doesnt work.
Edit:
I say cast/convert of the references but I am not looking to create a new copy and reference that.
>Solution :
There is no cast that does not result in undefined behaviour, but if you really want to do this then this will probably work in practise
*reinterpret_cast<vector<unsigned int>*>(&vec)
Create a pointer, cast the pointer, then dereference. I used to do this sort of thing all the time when I was a C programmer.
Really though, you should not do this.