Re: function calls

" Tiib" <oot...@hot.ee> wrote in message

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On Feb 25, 11:07 am, "Paul" <pchris...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:


--Your code does not work. You can not overwrite object 'Dog dog;' in a
--way that Cat's destructor is called for it when that dog leaves
--scope ... Dog's destructor is called for it on all C++ compilers i
--could reach. What destructor will be called is pre-decided and set
--already compile time. So it seems that you do not understand yourself
--what you are talking about.

#include <iostream>
class Animal{};
class Dog: public Animal{};
class Cat: public Animal{};

int main()
{
 Cat* p_cat = new Cat;
 std::cout<< p_cat << std::endl;
 delete p_cat;
 Dog* p_dog = reinterpret_cast<Dog*>(p_cat);
 p_dog = new Dog;
 std::cout << p_dog;

}