- From: Stephen R. Savitzky <steve@crc.ricoh.com>
- Date: 21 Jul 1998 15:14:15 -0700
- To: David Brownell <db@Eng.Sun.COM>
- Cc: www-dom@w3.org
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. -- Stephen R. Savitzky Chief Software Scientist, Ricoh Silicon Valley, Inc., <steve@rsv.ricoh.com> California Research Center voice: 650.496.5710 fax: 650.854.8740 URL: http://rsv.ricoh.com/~steve/ home: <steve@starport.com> URL: http://www.starport.com/people/steve/
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