Should this always work?

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On Saturday, 1 May 2021 at 10:08:17 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:

> So the pitfall is the same: when you're casting class 
> references to and from pointers, it's up to you to ensure that 
> the type you cast to is appropriate. You get no help from the 
> compiler here.

I see, this can be dangerous - yet, the only way in my 
application (DLL problem).

btw: why is it even allowed to create an instance via cast as an 
abstract thing?