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Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:08:00 -0000
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Subject: Re: cast in gdb python results in virtual baseclass botch
From: Christoph Mathys <eraserix@gmail.com>
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On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 5:26 PM, Andr=C3=A9 P=C3=B6nitz <andre.poenitz@noki=
a.com> wrote:
> I don't think you have to cast.
>
> inner =3D item.value["px"].dereference() =C2=A0 has already the correct t=
ype.

I expressed myself badly:

class XmlNodeInterface
{ };
class XmlNode : public XmlNodeInterface
{
 xmlNode* m_pNode;
};

I've got a reference to a "shared_ptr<IXmlNode>", and I want m_pNode.
So after I extracted px, I think I have to downcast from IXmlNode to
XmlNode.

Christoph