Re: RefPtr and inheritance

[Robert Caryl <bob fis-cal com>]

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> Glib::RefPtr refB = Glib::RefPtr(new B());
> Glib::RefPtr  refA = Glib::RefPtr (refB);

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If the foregoing actually appears in your code, I wonder how it
successfully compiles since you didn't define a template for
Glib::RefPtr<T>.

It should be written:

Glib::RefPtr<B> refB = B::create();
Glib::RefPtr<A> refA = refB;

The foregoing assumes that class B has a create function.

Bob Caryl