"Christian Reyes" <christian at rocketnetwork.com> wrote in message
news:9bo76f$q82$1 at bob.news.rcn.net...
> How do I do it?
> Is it possible?
def dynamic_cast(klass, object):
if isinstance(object, klass):
return object
# Returns 'None' if 'object' is not an instance of 'klass'
class C: pass
class A(C): pass
class B(C): pass
def create_C(name): # Factory function
if name == 'A': return A()
if name == 'B': return B()
raise ValueError, 'create_C argument must be "A" or "B"'
spam = create_C('A')
spam_as_A = dynamic_cast(A, spam) # Sets 'spam_as_A' to 'spam'.
spam_as_B = dynamic_cast(B, spam) # Sets 'spam_as_B' to 'None'.
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