Interesting code from include/anope.h of anope-2.0.3 regarding the optimization of ADT parameterization

anope.h

/** Casts to be used instead of dynamic_cast, this uses dynamic_cast                                                                             
 * for debug builds and static_cast on releass builds                                                                                            
 * to speed up the program because dynamic_cast relies on RTTI.                                                                                  
 */                                                                                                                                              
#ifdef DEBUG_BUILD
# include <typeinfo>
template<typename T, typename O> inline T anope_dynamic_static_cast(O ptr)
{
        T ret = dynamic_cast<T>(ptr);
        if (ptr != NULL && ret == NULL)
                throw CoreException(Anope::string("anope_dynamic_static_cast<") + typeid(T).name() + ">(" + typeid(O).name() + ") fail");
        return ret;
}
#else
template<typename T, typename O> inline T anope_dynamic_static_cast(O ptr)
{
        return static_cast<T>(ptr);
}
#endif