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What are polymorphic classes

I kind of came across this term while studying something related to
dynamic_cast,
can somebody shed some light on the same
Jan 16 '08 #1
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parag a écrit :
I kind of came across this term while studying something related to
dynamic_cast,
can somebody shed some light on the same
Polymorphic means that manipulating a class A, you are in fact acting on
a class B that derives from A.
See FAQ:
http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lit....html#faq-20.2
Michael
Jan 16 '08 #2
On Jan 16, 1:06 pm, parag <parag.p...@gmail.comwrote:
I kind of came across this term while studying something
related to dynamic_cast, can somebody shed some light on the
same
Technically (and in association with dynamic_cast), a
polymorphic class is one which has one or more virtual
functions.

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