Re: Is RTTI required if polymorphic constructor exists

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From: Satrajit Sujit Ghosh
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 15:45

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Fergus Henderson (fjh@munta.cs.mu.OZ.AU) wrote:
: No, RTTI is not really necessary.  `if', `while', and `for' are not
: really necessary either, because you can just use `goto'.  Like many
: other things, RTTI is not strictly necessary, but convenient.

	Would it be possible to illustrate efficient, convenient and
pratical use of the RTTI functions? 

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Satra[jit]
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  yet widely supported, I'm allowing this question. -sdc
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