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  1. Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
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  3. From: Jim McFarland <jgm6@orkand.em.cdc.gov>
  4. Subject: Re: void pointers
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  14. Date: Tue, 9 Jan 1996 14:48:51 GMT
  15.  
  16. Kenton White <jwhite@phoenix.acms.arizona.edu> wrote:
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  18. >
  19. >I am trying to create a class that stores pointers to other classes in an
  20. >array of void pointers.  Since void pointers cannot be dereferenced, is
  21. >there any way to cast the void pointer to a non-void pointer and then
  22. >dereference? 
  23. >
  24.  
  25. Since you are trying to create a container class, what you need to do is 
  26. to use polmorphism and avoid using void pointers all together.
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