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List:       koffice
Subject:    Re: framesets in kword
From:       Waldo Bastian <bastian () kde ! org>
Date:       2000-06-15 2:56:35
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On Wed, 14 Jun 2000, Carsten Pfeiffer wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 14, 2000 at 03:47:35PM -0700, Waldo Bastian wrote:
>
> Hiya,
>
> > You do get better core-dumps though :-) Because a wrong dynamic casts
> > gives you a null-pointer and and a wrong static casts gives you...
> > well... garbage.
> >
> > And I think it checks that it is actually a cast in the inheritance tree
> > and preserves const-correctness.
>
> This is exactly what static_cast does. static_cast actually gives a
> compile-time error, if you're trying to cast const away, or from
> incompatible types. If you prefer the core-dump tho... ;o) No,
> dynamic_cast does the same, just it also lets you down-cast along the
> inheritance tree.
>
> > So I wouldn't say it's bad practice to use dynamic_casts.... I would
> > rather say that it is bad practice to use static_casts.
>
> You mean C-style casts.

It looks like I'm confused with those yes.

/me blames the weather... it's over 100 F here (about 40C)

Cheers,
Waldo
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