Re: [boost] [type_index] Interest in dynamic_cast emulation?

Subject: Re: [boost] [type_index] Interest in dynamic_cast emulation?
From: Klemens Morgenstern (klemens.morgenstern_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-07-14 08:33:32

Am 14.07.2016 um 14:13 schrieb Chris Glover:
> Hi,
>
> I reached for Boost.TypeIndex the other day expecting to find a kind of
> dynamic_cast I could use in the absence of Rtti. I didn't find it, so I
> wrote something to emulate it using type_index internally.
>
> It's working, but before I go too far and clean this up and possibly submit
> a pull request, I would like to gauge if there's interest in such a thing
> or if there's some fundamental reason why it doesn't exist.
>
> So, thoughts?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -- chris
>
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Sounds useful to me. I would be interested in the implementation.