Re: Inheritance machanism

From:
Victor Bazarov <v.Abazarov@comAcast.net>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:54:24 -0400
Message-ID:
<hc4d77$q5o$1@news.datemas.de>
david wrote:

Here is the code:

class B {
public:
   virtual ~B() {};
};

class D : public B {
public:
   D() { t = new int; }
   ~D() { delete t; }


This class does not conform to the recommendations of "The Rule of
Three" (look it up).

private:
   int* t;
};

void do_something()
{
    B* pb = static_cast<D*> (new D());


This static cast is a NOP. Did you mean to static_cast to B*?

   // do something ...
   delete pb;
}

My question is whether the D class' destructor is called? What happen
when I use the static_cast? Thanks in advance.


Assuming you meant static_cast<B*>. Nothing happens. The pointer is
converted to a B*. Since you declared 'B' a public base of 'D', such
conversion is actually implicit. Using an explicit static_cast when an
implicit cast is allowed does not change anything.

Since the d-tor of 'B' is virtual, when you 'delete pb', the d-tor of D
will be called.

Why do you ask?

V
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