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From: yozara@terra.es (Juan Antonio Zaratiegui Vallecillo)
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OK, nothing to comment on the MVC++ solution, I know in Borland the cost 
is higher, so It seems to depend on the compiler.

>My MSN search for "Stroustrup ugly cast" returned a bunch of links but none
>of them stated that a dynamic cast is ugly.  NB the original paper
>WG21/N0349 did not describe the dynamic cast at all, it only mentioned it.
>
>  
>

It is not exactly "ugly" the adjective, but:

" The long names and the template-like syntax of the new casts put off 
some people. That may be all for the better because one of the purposes 
of the new casts is to remind people that casting is a hazardous 
business and to emphasize that there are different kinds of danger 
involved in the use of the different operators." Bjarne Stroustrup, The 
design and evolution of C++, 1994

So that's the point.

Best regards,

J.A. Zaratieuig



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