Reduce runtime calls into the new dynamic cast system by first making sure the type is polymorphic.

Cleanup some std::cout calls

include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/boxed_cast.hpp

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <boost/ref.hpp>
 #include <boost/cstdint.hpp>
 #include <boost/type_traits/add_const.hpp>
+#include <boost/type_traits/is_polymorphic.hpp>
 #include <boost/integer_traits.hpp>
 
 namespace chaiscript 
@@ -35,11 +36,18 @@ namespace chaiscript
     try {
       return detail::Cast_Helper<Type>::cast(bv);
     } catch (const boost::bad_any_cast &) {
-      try {
-        // We will not catch any bad_boxed_dynamic_cast that is thrown, let the user get it
-        // either way, we are not responsible if it doesn't work
-        return detail::Cast_Helper<Type>::cast(boxed_dynamic_cast<Type>(bv));
-      } catch (const boost::bad_any_cast &) {
+      if (boost::is_polymorphic<typename Stripped_Type<Type>::type>::value)
+      {
+        try {
+          // We will not catch any bad_boxed_dynamic_cast that is thrown, let the user get it
+          // either way, we are not responsible if it doesn't work
+          return detail::Cast_Helper<Type>::cast(boxed_dynamic_cast<Type>(bv));
+        } catch (const boost::bad_any_cast &) {
+          throw bad_boxed_cast(bv.get_type_info(), typeid(Type));
+        }
+      } else {
+        // If it's not polymorphic, just throw the error, don't waste the time on the 
+        // attempted dynamic_cast
         throw bad_boxed_cast(bv.get_type_info(), typeid(Type));
       }
     } 

include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/dynamic_cast_conversion.hpp

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 #include "boxed_value.hpp"
 #include "boxed_cast_helper.hpp"
 #include "bad_boxed_cast.hpp"
+#include <boost/static_assert.hpp>
+#include <boost/type_traits/is_polymorphic.hpp>
 
 namespace chaiscript
 {
@@ -83,7 +85,6 @@ namespace chaiscript
 
                 return Boxed_Value(data);
               } else {
-                std::cout << "performing boxed_dynamic_cast" << std::endl;
                 boost::shared_ptr<Base> data 
                   = boost::dynamic_pointer_cast<Base>(detail::Cast_Helper<boost::shared_ptr<Derived> >::cast(derived));
 
@@ -92,11 +93,7 @@ namespace chaiscript
                   throw std::bad_cast();
                 }
 
-                std::cout << "typeinfo " << typeid(data).name() << std::endl;
-                Boxed_Value ret(data);
-                std::cout << " It worked " << ret.get_type_info().name() << std::endl;
-
-                return ret;
+                return Boxed_Value(data);
               }
             } else {
               // Pull the reference out of the contained boxed value, which we know is the type we want
@@ -177,6 +174,12 @@ namespace chaiscript
   template<typename Base, typename Derived>
   void register_base_class()
   {
+    //Can only be used with related polymorphic types
+    //may be expanded some day to support conversions other than child -> parent
+    BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT((boost::is_base_of<Base,Derived>::value));
+    BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(boost::is_polymorphic<Base>::value);
+    BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(boost::is_polymorphic<Derived>::value);
+
     detail::Dynamic_Conversions::add_conversion<Base, Derived>();
   }
 
@@ -194,8 +197,6 @@ namespace chaiscript
   template<typename Base>
   Boxed_Value boxed_dynamic_cast(const Boxed_Value &derived)
   {
-    std::cout << " Attempting conversion from " << derived.get_type_info().bare_name() << " to "<< typeid(Base).name()  
-      << std::endl;
     try {
       return detail::Dynamic_Conversions::get_conversion(user_type<Base>(), derived.get_type_info())->convert(derived);
     } catch (const std::out_of_range &) {

include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/type_info.hpp

@@ -135,6 +135,8 @@ namespace chaiscript
     template<typename T>
       struct Get_Type_Info
       {
+        typedef T type;
+
         static Type_Info get()
         {
           return Type_Info(boost::is_const<T>::value, boost::is_reference<T>::value, boost::is_pointer<T>::value, 
@@ -147,6 +149,8 @@ namespace chaiscript
     template<typename T>
       struct Get_Type_Info<boost::shared_ptr<T> >
       {
+        typedef T type;
+
         static Type_Info get()
         {
           return Type_Info(boost::is_const<T>::value, boost::is_reference<T>::value, boost::is_pointer<T>::value, 
@@ -159,6 +163,8 @@ namespace chaiscript
     template<typename T>
       struct Get_Type_Info<const boost::shared_ptr<T> &>
       {
+        typedef T type;
+
         static Type_Info get()
         {
           return Type_Info(boost::is_const<T>::value, boost::is_reference<T>::value, boost::is_pointer<T>::value, 
@@ -181,6 +187,12 @@ namespace chaiscript
       };
   }
 
+  template<typename T>
+    struct Stripped_Type
+    {
+      typedef typename Bare_Type<typename detail::Get_Type_Info<T>::type>::type type;
+    };
+  
   template<typename T>
   Type_Info user_type(T)
   {