[Boost-users] dynamic_pointer_cast doesn't work as expected

From: Diego Bernini (diego.bernini_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-09-27 15:45:31

Hi,
see these lines:

boost::shared_ptr<Executor> executor(&(createExecutor(subclass,name)));
if(!executor) {
              throw LoadingClassException("createExecutor function
of\""+subclass+"\" return null.");
}
//executor points to an object of class ExecDebugger that IS A Executor
//(it's a plugin loaded at run time via Qt)

boost::shared_ptr<Nameable> a=executor;
boost::shared_ptr<Executor> sp;

sp=boost::dynamic_pointer_cast<Executor>(a);

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a is a Nameable, it points to a ExecDebugger object. ExecDebugger IS A
Executor, Executor IS A Nameable...but sp is always ==0!
Why?!

Thanks,
Diego Bernini