upcasting in vector
Hello, I have the following code.
#include <vector>
#include <iostream>
class Foo {
public:
Foo(){}
virtual void print() const { std::cout << "foo" << std::endl;}
};
class Boo:public Foo {
public:
Boo():Foo(){}
virtual void print() const { std::cout << "boo" << std::endl;}
};
int main(void) {
std::vector< Foo > vec;
Foo ff;
Boo bb;
vec.push_back(ff);
vec.push_back(bb);
std::vector< Foo >::iterator Ivec = vec.begin();
while(Ivec != vec.end()){
(*Ivec++).print();
}
std::cout << "===========" << std::endl;
std::vector< Foo* > vec2;
vec2.push_back(&ff);
vec2.push_back(&bb);
std::vector< Foo* >::iterator Ivec2 = vec2.begin();
while(Ivec2 != vec2.end()){
(*Ivec2++)->print();
}
return 0;
};
the output is:
foo
foo
===========
foo
boo
so when I create a vector of pointers to Foo, the upcasting of print()
works fine, but it does not for a vector of Foo.
Could you, please, tell me what am I missing here?
Thank you very much for help and your time
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