dynamic_cast from “void *”

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dynamic_cast works only on polymorphic types, i.e. classes containing virtual functions.

In gcc you can dynamic_cast to void* but not from:

struct S
{
    virtual ~S() {}
};

int main()
{
    S* p = new S();
    void* v = dynamic_cast<void*>(p);
    S* p1 = dynamic_cast<S*>(v); // gives an error
}

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