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From: etse@scdt.intel.com (Eric Tse)
Newsgroups: comp.std.c++
Subject: dynamic_cast<T> question
Date: 2 Aug 1994 16:45:31 GMT
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Hi,

	I wonder if I could do a safe down cast of the
following using dynamic_cast<T> keyword:

class B {..};
class D : public B {..};
class G : public D {..};

void f(){
	B* b = 0;
	D* d = 0;
	G* g = new G();

	b = g;

	d = dynamic_cast<D*>(b);
	...
}

	Thanks.

Eric

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