From 7923856472089562231 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f78e5,ede379f5dbbc1549 X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public From: sbnaran@uiuc.edu (Siemel B. Naran) Subject: Re: Suggestion: "typeof" keyword Date: 1999/08/13 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 512134876 Approved: Fergus Henderson References: <7nt3vl$1oe$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <7oh7o8$t3f$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <7ol6hi$ej9$2@news.BelWue.DE> <7oup0a$8g2$1@nnrp1.deja.com> X-Original-Date: 13 Aug 1999 02:44:55 GMT X-Complaints-To: news@news.unimelb.edu.au X-Trace: izvestia.its.unimelb.edu.au 934520477 30078 128.250.29.17 (13 Aug 1999 05:01:17 GMT) Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign X-Auth: PGPMoose V1.1 PGP comp.std.c++ iQBFAgUAN7OmiuEDnX0m9pzZAQFGxwGAim7wO/SJWQgR+TOjlzpK8MY3ra4z87oI +nSyaSka6ygYWJuweS/wdVgv3z7eMavT =49Fs User-Agent: slrn/0.9.5.7 (UNIX) Reply-To: sbnaran@uiuc.edu NNTP-Posting-Date: 13 Aug 1999 05:01:17 GMT Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ On 12 Aug 99 15:26:43 GMT, sirwillard@my-deja.com >Though I'd like the introduction of typeof, I feel someone should play >at least a bit of devils advocate. What should be the result of the >following? > >base* p = new derived; >typeof(*p) copy(*p); This 'typeof' thing is entirely compile time, as opposed to 'typeid' which is compile time or run time. Hence "typeof(*p)" is "base". base * p=new derived; base copy(p); -- ---------------------------------- Siemel B. Naran (sbnaran@uiuc.edu) ---------------------------------- --- [ comp.std.c++ is moderated. To submit articles, try just posting with ] [ your news-reader. If that fails, use mailto:std-c++@ncar.ucar.edu ] [ --- Please see the FAQ before posting. --- ] [ FAQ: http://reality.sgi.com/austern_mti/std-c++/faq.html ]