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who was a class inherited from? (C++)

aboeing · 2003-11-01T03:24:46

Hi, Im trying to figure out what a certain class was inherited from. The problem is that one class inherits another and I want it to execute specific code depending on the class it was inherited from. I cant give all classes the same function which is implemented differently because I use multiple inheritance with these classes somewhere else. class A {}; class B {}; template <typename AB> class X : public AB { void DoSomethingDependingOnAorB{}; }; //somewhere else: class Z : public A, public B { }; Is there some way to solve this? const type_info& t1 = typeid(this); printf("%s\n",t1.name()); will print out the correct name, but if I try a dynamic cast it gives me this: error C2683: dynamic_cast : ''MaybeRC'' is not a polymorphic type and if I force virtual inheritance, it claims to be always able to cast to the class which I desire. Is there some other way to figure out what class it was inherited from? (searching through the name string is not viable, because different compilers name the strings differently.)

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Started by aboeing October 21, 2003 11:56 PM

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November 01, 2003 03:21 AM

Two days later,..
The answer to my question, for future reference is:
-Download loki
-Use the SUPERSUBCLASS macro in

How to specialize for certain functions?
-Use the Int2Type template in

Example:

int A() {		return SpecificA(Int2Type<SUPERSUBCLASS(BaseClass,CurrentClass)>());	}

Im thinking I should just spend some time sitting down and learning loki inside out.

Edit: damn " < "'s

[edited by - aboeing on November 1, 2003 4:24:46 AM]

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