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- From: satrajit@iscs.nus.sg (Satrajit Sujit Ghosh)
- Newsgroups: comp.std.c++
- Subject: Re: Is RTTI required if polymorphic constructor exists
- Date: 17 Apr 1996 15:45:18 GMT
- Organization: National University of Singapore
- Approved: clamage@eng.sun.com (comp.std.c++)
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- Fergus Henderson (fjh@munta.cs.mu.OZ.AU) wrote:
- : No, RTTI is not really necessary. `if', `while', and `for' are not
- : really necessary either, because you can just use `goto'. Like many
- : other things, RTTI is not strictly necessary, but convenient.
-
- Would it be possible to illustrate efficient, convenient and
- pratical use of the RTTI functions?
-
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- [ moderator's note: C++ programming techniques do not normally
- belong in this newsgroup -- they belong in comp.lang.c++ or
- comp.lang.c++.moderated -- but since RTTI is a new feature not
- yet widely supported, I'm allowing this question. -sdc
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