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  1. 05-17-2009 #1
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    Assign. question, please explain

    I have the follow question

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    can anyone explain the answer to me.
    I'm not sure what is correct.
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    Hey, this has nothing to do with my homework. I have an exam tomorrow and these question are from a exam-set from a earlier year. The solutions are not explained, thus my question here. And as you can see im NOT asking for the solution, i am asking for an explaination. If you have a problem with that, dont read my post.
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    And NO i don't have a c++ compiler. I can't install anything on this machine. However, i am also more interested in the explanation.
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    Quote Originally Posted by lesodk
    The solutions are not explained, thus my question here. And as you can see im NOT asking for the solution, i am asking for an explaination.
    Okay, so give the solution and your best shot at an explanation. Maybe your explanation is correct.
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    Okay. I would think that only the first one is correct, since a pointer to a base class can be assigned to a pointer to a derived class. The subsequent questions are illegal because the field "speed" is protected. However the correct answer is, that only the third assignment is illegal. That is what confuses me.
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    Quote Originally Posted by lesodk
    I would think that only the first one is correct, since a pointer to a base class can be assigned to a pointer to a derived class. The subsequent questions are illegal because the field "speed" is protected. However the correct answer is, that only the third assignment is illegal.
    In my opinion, you are correct, both in solution and reasoning. The "model answer" is wrong. We also have to assume that Boat and Car inherit via virtual inheritance from Transport so as to avoid the diamond inheritance problem.
    Quote Originally Posted by Bjarne Stroustrup (2000-10-14)
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