Casting pointer to derived class to reference to pointer to base class

Question

Why I can\'t cast a pointer to derived class to reference to pointer to base class?

struct Base { };
struct Derived : Base { };

int main()
{
    Derived* de         


        

Answer 1

For your Error only change this

static_cast(derived);
to 
static_cast(derived);
                ^^

See here http://ideone.com/1QuMLK