Re: latest DOM spec 19980720

David Brownell <db@Eng.Sun.COM> writes:

> > Some languages don't _have_ a type-checking mechanism -- C++
> > is an example.
> 
> Eh?  Did someone delete RTTI after the ANSI committee finally
> added it?  Admittedly there are many implementations that don't
> support it (or make it a "default off" option, same effect).

Oops.  I have to admit that most of my C++ experience predates RTTI, but I
should have remembered that.  It's still less efficient than a set of
conversion methods, but I'll admit that the latter is ugly and not
particularly extensible.

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Received on Tuesday, 21 July 1998 18:09:50 UTC