downcast to derived class in privately inherited base class templa
This unmanaged C++ code works with Visual Studio 2003 but raises "bad dynamic
cast exception" in Visual Studio 2005:
template< typename D >
class Base
{
public:
virtual ~Base( ) { ; }
void doFunc( )
{
D* dp = &dynamic_cast< D& >( *this ); // CRASH at runtime!
// ... more code using "dp"
}
};
class Derived : private Base< Derived >
{
friend class Base< Derived >;
public:
void doFunc( ) { Base< Derived >::doFunc( ); }
};
void test( )
{
Derived d;
d.doFunc( );
}
If Base<Derived> is inherited "public", it just works, if inherited
"protected", it will crash, too.
But for other reasons I can't inherit "public" in the original application's
code, it must be a "private" inheritance.
I want to use dynamic_cast to reference, because I want to have an
exception, if D is not derived from Base<D>.
Does anyone have an idea for a workaround, that only affects
Base<D>::doFunc() ?
Greetings from Cologne (Germany)
Georg Krichel
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