On Wednesday, 30 November 2016 at 14:53:21 UTC, ag0aep6g wrote:
On 11/30/2016 10:42 AM, Bauss wrote:
Usually casts to base classes can be determined if they're
valid at
compile-time.
Yeah, that's what I said. A cast to a base class is an
"upcast". Upcasts don't need run-time checks. The other
direction (cast to more derived class) is a downcast. Downcasts
need run-time checks.
Actually I've always called an "upcast" a "downcast" ! This
incredible misconception explains why you had to correct me after
my yesterday's answer.
