// Just seems a bit nicer-looking (pretend it's not a macro)
#define wxIsKindOf(obj, className) obj->IsKindOf(&className::ms_classInfo)
-// to be replaced by dynamic_cast<> in the future
+// this cast does some more checks at compile time as it uses static_cast
+// internally
+//
+// note that it still has different semantics from dynamic_cast<> and so can't
+// be replaced by it as long as there are any compilers not supporting it
#define wxDynamicCast(obj, className) \
((className *) wxCheckDynamicCast( \
wx_const_cast(wxObject *, wx_static_cast(const wxObject *, \
// The 'this' pointer is always true, so use this version
// to cast the this pointer and avoid compiler warnings.
#define wxDynamicCastThis(className) \
- (IsKindOf(&className::ms_classInfo) ? (className *)(this) : (className *)0)
+ (IsKindOf(&className::ms_classInfo) ? (className *)(this) : (className *)0)
#ifdef __WXDEBUG__
inline void* wxCheckCast(void *ptr)
((className *)wxCheckCast(wxDynamicCast(obj, className)))
#else // !__WXDEBUG__
-#define wxStaticCast(obj, className) ((className *)(obj))
+#define wxStaticCast(obj, className) \
+ wx_const_cast(className *, wx_static_cast(const className *, obj))
#endif // __WXDEBUG__