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[wxWidgets.git] / acinclude.m4

diff --git a/acinclude.m4 b/acinclude.m4
index df0283d35dfb9735b1e45d3a73eac8c83726d2f3..81c6f2b474b2908b1239038315e711c25b5d6170 100644 (file)
--- a/acinclude.m4
+++ b/acinclude.m4
@@ -598,3 +598,22 @@ if test "$ac_cv_cxx_const_cast" = yes; then
   AC_DEFINE(HAVE_CONST_CAST,,[define if the compiler supports const_cast<>])
 fi
 ])
+
+dnl and http://www.gnu.org/software/ac-archive/htmldoc/ac_cxx_static_cast.html
+AC_DEFUN([AC_CXX_STATIC_CAST],
+[AC_CACHE_CHECK(whether the compiler supports static_cast<>,
+ac_cv_cxx_static_cast,
+[AC_LANG_SAVE
+ AC_LANG_CPLUSPLUS
+ AC_TRY_COMPILE([#include <typeinfo>
+class Base { public : Base () {} virtual void f () = 0; };
+class Derived : public Base { public : Derived () {} virtual void f () {} };
+int g (Derived&) { return 0; }],[
+Derived d; Base& b = d; Derived& s = static_cast<Derived&> (b); return g (s);],
+ ac_cv_cxx_static_cast=yes, ac_cv_cxx_static_cast=no)
+ AC_LANG_RESTORE
+])
+if test "$ac_cv_cxx_static_cast" = yes; then
+  AC_DEFINE(HAVE_STATIC_CAST,, [define if the compiler supports static_cast<>])
+fi
+])