Explicit conversion of derived* to a base*

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1 total messages Started by Tom Keffer Tue, 25 Jul 1989 18:55

#296

Author: Tom Keffer
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 1989 18:55

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//The following code is from Stroustrup, p. 197.  If you believe in God,
//it should compile.

//It involves manipulating private base classes through pointers.

class base {
  int m1;
public:
  int m2;
};

class derived : base {
};

main(){
  derived d;
  base * pb;
  pb = (base*)&d;      // Explicit conversion
}


Gives the following error (g++ 1.35.0; Sun3; SunOS 3.5):

In function int main ():
junk.cc:19: type `derived' is derived from private `base'

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