Re: Question about inheritance in c++
Dotanitis@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.
You used a C-style cast here:
((CB*) a1)->foo();
That is a very powerful tool, telling the compiler to just "shut up and do
it!".
You are not asking the compiler to convert a1 into a CB*, you tell the
compiler that it already IS a CB*.
2. how can i protect this code and make this program fail in the
compilation phase?
You shouldn't tell lies to the compiler. :-)
If you had tried the C++ way, and done a static_cast<CB*>(a1), the compiler
would have told you that it cannot do that. You told it to do it anyway!
Bo Persson
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