In article <2rr5mq$qe5@wcap.centerline.com> palmer@centerline.com writes:
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>Greetings all.
>
>I have heard rumours over the last few years that the ANSI C++ specification will include a mechanisim for run-time type checking.  Does anyone know if this is true?

 Sure, i know. But I'm on the ISO committee WG21, not the ANSI
committee X3J16, so I'm not sure if you actually asked me?

(The answer is yes)

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palmer@centerline.com (Mark Palmer) writes:


>Greetings all.

>I have heard rumours over the last few years that the ANSI C++ specification will include a mechanisim for run-time type checking.  Does anyone know if this is true?

I would say that it is almost certain, that the RTTI features the
committee approved be be in the final standard.

Bjarne Stroustrup's latest book about C++ contains a decent
description of the new features. There are compilers out now
that support RTTI. One such compiler is Borland C++ 4.0 for
Windows (and DOS).

Greetings all.

I have heard rumours over the last few years that the ANSI C++ specification will include a mechanisim for run-time type checking.  Does anyone know if this is true?

Thanks.

-Mark