Wait, I'm pretty sure you can't do that in C++ (e.g., you can't cast vector<Base> into vector<Derived> or vice versa), unless you count brute-force C-style cast

Wait, I'm pretty sure you can't do that in C++ (e.g., you can't cast vector<Base> into vector<Derived> or vice versa), unless you count brute-force C-style cast (which will gladly let you shoot your feet, your coworkers' feet, and everyone's feet).