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From: brad@sqwest.sq.com (Brad Might)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: Chameleon objects (calling virtual functions from constructors)
Message-ID: <1989Dec19.175223.1010@sqwest.sq.com>
Date: 19 Dec 89 17:52:23 GMT
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In-reply-to: strick@osc.COM's message of 11 Dec 89 20:57:03 GMT




>   From: strick@osc.COM (henry strickland)
>
>   The following program demonstrates a simple example where
>   (Base*)&x and (Derived*)&x are not the same absolute value,
>   for a Derived x.

>	... code example

	Can I do the following with multiple inheritance then ?

	class Derived : public Other, public Base ...

	some fn Foo returns *Other.

	can i do 

	Derived *d = (Derived *)Foo() ; 

	as I could if Derived was derived strictly from Other ?

	
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