dynamic_cast from a const class
Andrey Belevantsev
abel@ispras.ru
Tue Jun 11 11:30:00 GMT 2013
Hello,
Does the below code look like valid C++, or is it a G++ bug? 5.2.7 has
<...>
The dynamic_cast operator shall not cast away constness (5.2.11).
The other compilers I could check quickly (clang, icc, msvc) all reject the
code, GCCs 3.3, 4.6, 4.7 and 4.8 accept the code.
Andrey
class A {
};
class B : public A {
};
int main() {
A* a;
B* b = new B();
a = dynamic_cast<const A*>(b);
return 0;
}
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