Re: [boost] Dynamic Linking and RTTI Questions

From: David Abrahams (david.abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-10-03 12:12:29

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim.Hyslop" <jim.hyslop_at_[hidden]>
To: <boost_at_[hidden]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 11:28 AM
Subject: RE: [boost] Dynamic Linking and RTTI Questions

> From: "David Abrahams" <david.abrahams_at_[hidden]>
> >   Could I expect to successfully dynamic_cast a B* to a C* or D*
> >   in code compiled into any arbitrary one of these libraries, even
> >   if libC and libD were not explicitly linked to libB?
> Not in Windows.

<snip>

Jim, thanks very much for your complete answer. BTW, is there any
documentation of this behavior? I scoured MSDN and the web for it, but found
nothing.

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