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In article <199511100139.UAA11974@starling.WPI.EDU>,
   Chris Parker <parker@owl.WPI.EDU> wrote:
>	The thing that doesn't work for me is that the pointer type is 
>different, but it still has the same pointer value.  At the low-level, you
>are freeing the same block of memory either way.  In order to 
>call a destructor, the system needs to convert the pointer to a class type
>instance anyway.

I don't follow.  To begin with, you certainly often do have different pointer 
values for the same object depending on which base pointer(s) you use to 
access it.  Simple example: Base classes B1 and B2, derived class D from both 
bases, and any D object will have a different pointer value when viewed 
through a B1* and a B2*; a B1* points to the "B1 part" of the derived object 
and a B2* points to the "B2 part" of the derived object.

If you fix that first sentence I think you'll see how to fix the rest too.


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