rogramlisting"><span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span>
    <span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">PointerToPodType</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
<span class="identifier">PointerToPodType</span> <span class="identifier">buffer_cast</span><span class="special">(</span>
    <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">const_buffer</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">b</span><span class="special">);</s