/* CSE 333 Su12 lecture 14 demo: slicing.cc */ /* Gribble/Perkins */ // Assignment issues when an extended class is chopped // to store it in a base class variable. class Base { public: Base(int x) : x_(x) { } int x_; }; class Dr : public Base { public: Dr(int y) : Base(16), y_(y) { } int y_; }; main() { Base b(1); Dr d(2); b = d; // what happens to y_? // d = b; // would be a compiler error }