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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: MORE INFO (Re: What is the difference between dynamic and static_cast)
From:       Michael Haeckel <Michael () Haeckel ! Net>
Date:       2000-11-09 10:58:53
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Am Don, 09 Nov 2000 schrieb Thomas Leitner:
> >
> > If qlvi is of type QListViewItem* then I would expect the cast
> > to fail because you are trying to cast a Base* to a Derived*
> > not vice versa.
> 
> This seems to be the main problem. Apparently this is legal in G++
> but illegal in cxx.

Sorry, but for what else could be dynamic_cast useful?
If you want to use a method from the base class in the derived class then you
don't need casting.

Regards,
Michael Häckel

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