Thread: Troubles overriding a const in a derived class

I have a Base class and a Derived class, only the parts of the class in question are listed for brevity:

Code:

class Base
	{
public:
	static const int type;

	Base (int x=0, int y=0);
	~Base();
               };

class Derived : public Base
               {
public:
	static const int type; 

	Derived (int x=0, int y=0);
	~Derived();
               };

const int Base::type = 0;
const int Derived::type = 1;

Base::Base (int x, int y)
		{
                cerr << "You created an object of type " << type;
		}
Base::~Base()
		{
                cerr << "Destructor called for object of type " << type;
		}

Derived::Derived (int x, int y) : Base (x, y)
		{}  

Derived::~Derived()
		{}

Now in my code I declare an array of pointers which will be used to point to objects of either the Base or Derived Classes:

Code:

Base *ClassPointers[2];

ClassPointers[0] = new Base();
ClassPointers[1] = new Derived();

Now if I look in my error log, I see these messages:

You created an object of type 0
You created an object of type 0

Of course, I expect the messages to look like this:

You created an object of type 0
You created on object of type 1

What gives? Help would be greatly appreciated.