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@ -775,6 +775,7 @@ Conversions from any class to any of its subclasses (``derived classes'' in |
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C++ terminology) are not provided. Instead, you can assert and check |
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that a value belongs to a certain subclass, and return it as element of that |
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class, using the @samp{As} and @samp{The} macros. |
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@cindex cast |
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@cindex @code{As()()} |
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@code{As(@var{type})(@var{value})} checks that @var{value} belongs to |
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@var{type} and returns it as such. |