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From: Valentin Bonnard <Bonnard.V@wanadoo.fr>
Subject: Re: Suggestion: "typeof" keyword
Date: 1999/08/13
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Siemel B. Naran wrote:

> On 12 Aug 99 15:37:37 GMT, Valentin Bonnard <Bonnard.V@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
> >sirwillard@my-deja.com wrote:
> 
> >> base* p = new derived;
> >> typeof(*p) copy(*p);
> >
> >This one is easy: it's crystal-clear that it should create
> >a base initialized with the derived object.
> 
>  I disagree 

Not really

>  it's crystal-clear that it should create
>  a base initialized with the base part of 'p', even if there
>  is a constructor base::base(const derived&).  That is, we
>  have a call to base::base(const base&).

The object passed to the ctor is still a derived object.

-- 

Valentin Bonnard


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