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From: olaf@cwi.nl (Olaf Weber)
Subject: Re: dynamic_cast<T> question
In-Reply-To: Philip@storcomp.demon.co.uk's message of Thu, 4 Aug 1994 17:38:36 +0000
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Date: Mon, 8 Aug 1994 07:19:30 GMT

In article <776021916snz@storcomp.demon.co.uk>, Philip@storcomp.demon.co.uk (Philip Hugh Hunt) writes:

> Would this work:

> class A {...};
> class B {...};
> /* Both A and B include virtual functions */

> class C: public A, public B {...};

> void f()
> {
>    A* a;
>    C* c = new C;
>    B* b;
   
>    a = c;
>    b = dynamic_cast<B*>(a);  
>    ...
> }

Yes.  Details are given in the chapter on ANSI/ISO resolutions found
in newer printings of Stroustrup2e and the ARM (subsection 5.2.6).
The latest version of that text for Stroustrup2e is available on the
net as:
	ftp://ftp.std.com/AW/stroustrup2e/iso.ps
it is dated May 3 1994.

-- Olaf Weber