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From: Stephen Leake <stephen.a.leake.1@gsfc.nasa.gov>
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Subject: Re: Upcasting
Date: 05 Nov 2002 12:33:51 -0500
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"Matthew Baulch" <matt@greenroom.com.au> writes:

> My question is: How would you do this 'upcasting' if varying
> types existed? 

I don't know what you mean by "varying types". You might mean "variant
records", but I doubt it.

Can you give an example of what you mean?

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-- Stephe