JP>   Remove the explicit cast, for a start.  Pointers to derived classes
JP>   can be implicitly converted into pointers to their unambiguous base
JP>   classes.

Yes, that's something I found out. After trying everything from use
the reinterpret_cast () operator to animal sacrifice, I found that
removing the cast worked. Gee. That was easy.

JP>   Since the example that you gave worked, could you give a beefier
JP>   example that *doesn't* work ?  Then we'll tell you what's wrong (or
JP>   you'll discover what is wrong yourself while trying to demonstrate the
JP>   problem to us).

Yup, that's probably what would have happened.

Thanks,
Kelly

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