Question

dynamic_cast throws bad_cast exception if you cast a reference but as I know in the standard pointers are considered as references, i.e. a pointer is a type of a reference.
So should I get bad_cast when casting pointers?

This question arose from the try-catch block from this page. Is this try-catch block inappropriate?

Answer 1

No with pointers in case of a bad cast, dynamic_cast will return a null.
Also, dynamic_cast works only on Polymorphic classes, So if you are talking about built in data types(from the link in your question) then static_cast is what you should be using.

And btw, References are NOT pointers.