st: Re: Using transmorphic variables to hold objects in Mata

["Joseph Coveney" <stajc2@gmail.com>]

It seems that the pointer two-step doesn't really get around the problem,
either.  The pointer doesn't really recognize the other object's type, and Mata
doesn't detect (balk) when it's pointed to an object of a different type.

Joseph Coveney


. version 12.1

. 
. clear *

. set more off

. 
. mata:
------------------------------------------------- mata (type end to exit)
----------------------------------------------------------------
: mata set matastrict on

: 
: class A {
>         public:
>                 static final void show()
> }

: void function A::show() printf("A\n")

: 
: class IsNotAnA {
>         public:
>                 static final void show()
> }

: void function IsNotAnA::show() printf("NotA\n")

: 
: class B {
>         public:
>                 static final void test()
> }

: void function B::test(transmorphic scalar is_an_a) {
>         pointer(class IsNotAnA scalar) scalar not_an_a_ptr
>         not_an_a_ptr = NULL
>         not_an_a_ptr = &is_an_a
>         not_an_a_ptr->show()
> }

: 
: void function test() {
>         class B scalar b
>         b.test(A())
> }

: 
: test()
NotA

: 
: end
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------

. 
. exit

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