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John Max Skaller <maxtal@suphys.physics.su.oz.au> wrote:

>> class beatha{public:virtual ~beatha(){};}
>> class duine:public beatha{};
>> class gael: public duine {};
>> 
>> beatha *pd=new gael;
>> if(typeid(pd)==typeid(duine)
>> {       cout<<"duine";
>> }
>> ...
>> does "duine" get printed here or not?

>No. pd denotes an object of exact type "gael".

I believe typeid (pd) is typeid (betha*). What I think you wanted is

if (typeid (*pd) == typeid (duine))

and so (typeid (*pd) == typeid (gael)) will evaluate to true.

Steve



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