std_sstream.h - patch

[Ryszard Kabatek]

On Wed, 26 May 1999, Benjamin Kosnik wrote:
  
> I checked this in, thanks. I saved the dynamic_cast: it does not harm the 
> generated code, is legal c++, and clarifies that a conversion from derived
> to base is happening.
> 
A dynamic_cast from an inherited class to its base does not make any sence
at all, but it takes a lot of execution time. 
The time of a call of dynamic_cast is comparable to the one of the 'log'
function.


Ryszard Kabatek
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