dnl Available from the GNU Autoconf Macro Archive at: dnl http://www.gnu.org/software/ac-archive/htmldoc/ac_cxx_static_cast.html dnl AC_DEFUN([AC_CXX_STATIC_CAST], [AC_CACHE_CHECK(whether the compiler supports static_cast<>, ac_cv_cxx_static_cast, [AC_LANG_SAVE AC_LANG_CPLUSPLUS AC_TRY_COMPILE([#include class Base { public : Base () {} virtual void f () = 0; }; class Derived : public Base { public : Derived () {} virtual void f () {} }; int g (Derived&) { return 0; }],[ Derived d; Base& b = d; Derived& s = static_cast (b); return g (s);], ac_cv_cxx_static_cast=yes, ac_cv_cxx_static_cast=no) AC_LANG_RESTORE ]) if test "$ac_cv_cxx_static_cast" = yes; then AC_DEFINE(HAVE_STATIC_CAST,, [define if the compiler supports static_cast<>]) fi ])