Hi,
As I am interfacing my code in C++ with a scripting language which is
written in C, I need to store pointers to objects in a class hierarchy:
ParentClass *obj1;
obj1 = new ParentClass (...);
... do things with obj1...
STORE_POINTER (scriptObj1, obj1);
DerivedClass *obj2;
obj2 = new DerivedClass (...);
...do things with obj2...
STORE_POINTER (scriptObj2, obj2);
However, when I try to retrieve an object, as I don't know which class the
object belongs to, I always use the base class (in this code segment I
just need the functionalities related to the ParentClass):
ParentClass *objN;
RETRIEVE_POINTE R (scriptObjN, ParentClass, objN);
...do things with objN...
where STORE_POINTER and RETRIEVE_POINTE R are some utility macros provided
by the scripting language.
I ran the code and I got a segmentation fault. I also notice that when
I printed out a pointer and cast it to different classes in the hierarchy,
I got different values:
cout << "pointer as parent = " << (ParentClass*) this << endl;
cout << "pointer as derived = " << (DerivedClass*) this << endl;
So my question is, in C++, is it unsafe to type cast a pointer to a
derived class to a pointer to a base class? (The other way around never
makes sense, of course.) If it is unsafe, what is the best way to solve
the above problem? Thanks.
Regards,
Bill 3 1663
William Djaja Tjokroaminata wrote: However, when I try to retrieve an object, as I don't know which class the object belongs to, I always use the base class (in this code segment I just need the functionalities related to the ParentClass):
ParentClass *objN; RETRIEVE_POINTE R (scriptObjN, ParentClass, objN); ...do things with objN...
where STORE_POINTER and RETRIEVE_POINTE R are some utility macros provided by the scripting language.
I ran the code and I got a segmentation fault. I also notice that when I printed out a pointer and cast it to different classes in the hierarchy, I got different values:
cout << "pointer as parent = " << (ParentClass*) this << endl; cout << "pointer as derived = " << (DerivedClass*) this << endl;
Never use a C-style cast.
In your case, if ParentClass contains virtual things,
dynamic_cast<De rivedClass*>(th at) will return NULL if '*that' is not a
DerivedClass.
--
Phlip http://www.xpsd.org/cgi-bin/wiki?Tes...UserInterfaces
"William Djaja Tjokroaminata" <bi****@y.glue. umd.edu> wrote in message
news:c0******** **@grapevine.wa m.umd.edu... Hi,
As I am interfacing my code in C++ with a scripting language which is written in C, I need to store pointers to objects in a class hierarchy:
ParentClass *obj1; obj1 = new ParentClass (...); ... do things with obj1... STORE_POINTER (scriptObj1, obj1);
DerivedClass *obj2; obj2 = new DerivedClass (...); ...do things with obj2... STORE_POINTER (scriptObj2, obj2);
However, when I try to retrieve an object, as I don't know which class the object belongs to, I always use the base class (in this code segment I just need the functionalities related to the ParentClass):
ParentClass *objN; RETRIEVE_POINTE R (scriptObjN, ParentClass, objN); ...do things with objN...
where STORE_POINTER and RETRIEVE_POINTE R are some utility macros provided by the scripting language.
I ran the code and I got a segmentation fault. I also notice that when I printed out a pointer and cast it to different classes in the hierarchy, I got different values:
cout << "pointer as parent = " << (ParentClass*) this << endl; cout << "pointer as derived = " << (DerivedClass*) this << endl;
So my question is, in C++, is it unsafe to type cast a pointer to a derived class to a pointer to a base class?
That is never unsafe, I fact it so safe that you don't need a cast. In fact
its wrong to use a cast.
You should not be using that fact that the pointer value changes as evidence
that the technique is unsafe. Sometimes the pointer changing value is what
is supposed to happen.
(The other way around never makes sense, of course.)
Never make sense, why not? In C++ one would use dynamic_cast or static_cast
for exactly this purpose.
john
Hi,
Thanks for the reply. Can someone point out how to use static/dynamic
cast correctly in relation with STORE_POINTER and RETRIEVE_POINTE R (which
were written in C)?
Regards,
Bill
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Phlip <ph*******@yaho o.com> wrote: Never use a C-style cast.
In your case, if ParentClass contains virtual things, dynamic_cast<De rivedClass*>(th at) will return NULL if '*that' is not a DerivedClass. This thread has been closed and replies have been disabled. Please start a new discussion. Similar topics |
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