dynamic_cast and templates

[caduel]

For a discussion on the differences between dynamic_cast and qobject_cast (and also the problems with dynamic_cast), see:
http://www.qtcentre.org/forum/f-qt-p...dget-5037.html

The trouble with dynamic_cast and templates boils down to the following issue:
* dynamic_cast (as implemented by gcc) uses a pointer to some type_info structure for testing types
* this structure exists multiple times if you instantiate a template in different translations units (ok, maybe only in different libs)
Therefore, using the 'same' templated type does not work as the dynamic_cast at one place uses a pointer to an equal but not the same type_info structure.

Fixes:
- maybe there is a common base type that you can factor out (i.e. templates are used in the subclasses, but you dynamic_cast to the base type)
- use qobject_cast instead (of course, only applicable with QObjects)
- use some other rtti mechanism and cast with static_cast

HTH
Christoph

[KShots]

Hmm... according to that thread, I need to build my pure virtual base class into a shared library which then my main app and each of my plugins would link against (to avoid multiple instances of an moc object from using the Q_OBJECT macro).

Currently, everything is using the interface header (the main app and the plugins have a HEADERS += line for it). I'll see if this works in my situation...