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Subject: Re: dynamic_cast and generic pointer
Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2011 18:07:57 -0500
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"asit" <lipun4u@gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:629a494f-449f-488a-8ac0-dfd2bcf040bc@glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com...
> why it's not c++ code ?

Restoring the context:

> >      B ob = new B;
>         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^  Cannot happen in C++

Because ob is not a pointer to B, which is required if you assign the result 
of new to it.



Brian