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// File from page 534 in "Thinking in C++" by Bruce Eckel
//////////////////////////////////////////////////
// From the compressed package ECKELT01.ZIP 2/21/95
// Copyright (c) Bruce Eckel, 1995
// Source code file from the book "Thinking in C++",
// Prentice Hall, 1995, ISBN: 0-13-917709-4
// All rights reserved EXCEPT as allowed by the following
// statements: You may freely use this file for your own
// work, including modifications and distribution in
// executable form only. You may copy and distribute this
// file, as long as it is only distributed in the complete
// (compressed) package with the other files from this
// book and you do not remove this copyright and notice.
// You may not distribute modified versions of the source
// code in this package. This package may be freely placed
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// the quality and performance of the software is with
// you. Should the software prove defective, you assume
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// If you think you've found an error, please
// email all modified files with loudly commented changes
// to: eckel@aol.com (please use the same
// address for non-code errors found in the book).
//////////////////////////////////////////////////
//: WIND2.CPP -- Inheritance & upcasting
#include <iostream.h>
enum note { middleC, Csharp, Cflat }; // Etc.
class instrument {
public:
void play(note) const {
cout << "instrument::play" << endl;
}
};
// Wind objects are instruments
// because they have the same interface:
class wind : public instrument {
public:
// Redefine interface function:
void play(note) const {
cout << "wind::play" << endl;
}
};
void tune(instrument& i) {
// ...
i.play(middleC);
}
main() {
wind flute;
tune(flute); // Upcasting
}