Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 09:23:14 +0000
From: Bill Currie <billc AT blackmagic DOT tait DOT co DOT nz>
Subject: Re: A pointer of variable type - is it possible?
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Erik Max Francis wrote:
> 
> Wesley Terpstra wrote:
> 
> > I have heard about something
> > called polymorphic classes.  Would this be able to give me the power I
> > need?  I also noticed an operator called typeof() could this be used
> > to make my local information portable, yet fast?  If you know a way
> > that I could do this, please tell me! :)
> 
> Yes.  It's called inheritance.
> 

Don't forget about virtual functions, they make that sort of thing very easy.