Alternative of dynamic_cast

[mramirez@iua.upf.es]

> Actually there is symbol resolution problem with dynamic_cast between gcc
> C++ runtime lib and libjvm. For this reason, my application crashes. The
> libjmv.so provided by IBM is compiled with gcc 2.95 and my application is
> running on gcc 2.96. I can't change libjvm or to downgrade the compiler
> version of my application. As a result, application dumps the core at
> runtime during the symbol resolution of dynamic_cast. So i need some
> alternative of that.
>

Well, if there is no possibility for the cast to fail - which can be quite
a risky assumption - you might try static_cast. However, as dynamic_cast
impl on the RH distribution of gcc-2.96 was quite broken, maybe
static_cast impl is also broken.

Good luck!

Miguel.