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[Andreas Fabri <>]

On 10/06/2010 15:06, Sylvain Pion wrote:
> Le 10/06/10 14:57, Costas Tsirogiannis a écrit :
> > Greetings,
> >
> > Is the .is() member function of CGAL::Object still existing?
> >
> > It is listed here:
> > http://www.cgal.org/Manual/latest/doc_html/cgal_manual/STL_Extension_ref/Class_Object.html#Cross_link_anchor_1811
> >
> >
> > If it try to call it I get this strange compilation error :
> >
> > error: expected primary-expression before ‘>’ token
> > error: expected primary-expression before ‘)’ token
> >
> > I looked in the header file of CGAL::Object and Handle_for_virtual but
> > it doesn't seem listed there.
> >
> > Is there another way to get this boolean out without trying a
> > CGAL::assign?
>
> Hi Costas,
>
> Are you using a recent enough version of CGAL ?
>
> If you are in a template context, your compiler may require you
> to call it as "obj.template is<T>()".


Hi Costas,

and instead of assign you should use object_cast

best,

andreas