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Article #3790Re: dynamic_cast<const B&>
From: Nathan Myers, http://www.cantrip...
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 1996 04:43
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 1996 04:43
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Martin E. Nordberg III wrote:
>
> I just installed MS VC++ 4.1. The following code (strained
> from my larger code) now fails to compile:
>
> class A { virtual ~A() };
> class B : public A {};
>
> void test( const A& a )
> { const B& b = dynamic_cast<const B&>( a ); }
>
> Did Microsoft goof ... ?
"Heh heh heh."
But seriously... new implementations from the Draft are bound to
have mistakes. What's important is whether they get fixed after
attention is called to them. I'll be interested to see whether
the next release still has this bug.
Nathan Myers
ncm@cantrip.org http://www.cantrip.org/
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From: "Nathan Myers, http://www.cantrip.org/" <ncm@cantrip.org> Message-ID: <3154A368.4FE8E787@cantrip.org> X-Original-Date: Sat, 23 Mar 1996 17:20:40 -0800 Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!in1.uu.net!bounce-back Date: 24 Mar 96 04:43:38 GMT Approved: fjh@cs.mu.oz.au Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ Subject: Re: dynamic_cast<const B&> Organization: The Cantrip Cooperative References: <4isb5a$ct4$1@mhafc.production.compuserve.com> X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (X11; I; Linux 1.2.13 i386) X-Auth: PGPMoose V1.1 PGP comp.std.c++ iQBFAgUBMVTTFeEDnX0m9pzZAQGk1QF/YAshxgDH84SfOQmvmXtpAyLH7UTqPCvw Vr9gI8ZFDe5nzjGUJjdWz+It+bwk0Yw9 =wgfo