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From: djones@megatest.UUCP (Dave Jones)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: About Lists and things ... Mostly requests for info.
Message-ID: <18982@prometheus.megatest.UUCP>
Date: 19 Jun 91 21:33:44 GMT
References: <285E75EC.37E7@tct.com>
Organization: Megatest Corporation, San Jose, Ca
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From article <285E75EC.37E7@tct.com>, by chip@tct.com (Chip Salzenberg):
> According to djones@megatest.UUCP (Dave Jones):
>> while( member = (SomeType*)List_iter_next(&iter))
> 
> Aargh.
> 
> This is exactly the downcast hackery that I avoid at all costs.

And that is exactly the kind of derisive pedantry that I avoid at all
costs.

Even though the above technique has proved perfectly adequate in C-code
for six years, my posting asked for a better way to do it in C++.
Do you have any suggestions, or only insults?