Re: Question about inheritance in c++

From:
"Dotanitis@gmail.com" <Dotanitis@gmail.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
10 Mar 2007 22:50:36 -0800
Message-ID:
<1173595836.626227.228960@64g2000cwx.googlegroups.com>
On Mar 11, 8:35 am, John Harrison <john_androni...@hotmail.com> wrote:

Dotani...@gmail.com wrote:

Hello everyone,

I wrote:

class CA{

public:
 CA() {number = 1;}
 ~CA() {}
 int number;
};

class CB : public CA
{
public:
CB(){number = 2;}
~CB()
void foo(){
             uid++;
             cout<<"uid:"<<uid<<endl;}
};

void main()
{
CA* a1 = new CA();
((CB*) a1)->foo();
}

OK, i pass compilation phase & runtime phase the output was
"uid:-23847298":
questions:
 1. why i pass the runtime phase? CA class have no "uid" member.


It doesn't but you used a cast to fool the compiler.

 2. how can i protect this code and make this program fail in the
compilation phase?


C++ isn't that sort of language, you don't get the protection you do in
some languages. The simple advice is don't use casts, or when you must
use them, use C++ casts instead of C casts, they're a little bit safer.

john


Thanks,
1. why it does'nt crush on the runtime phase?
2. can you show me the differ from c casting style & c++?

dotan

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