How is that possible, since 'A' does not have a reset method in it? At the time he tries to call a->reset(), the compiler won't know the method can be called. Shouldn't only methods defined in 'A' be able to be called on 'a'? Thanks, Lyle -----Original Message----- From: gcc-help-owner@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gcc-help-owner@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Eljay Love-Jensen Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 5:20 PM To: Ishwar Rattan; gcc-help@xxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Question on derived class? Hi Ishwar, Your question is a general C++ question, and off-topic for this forum. >Is it possible to access b.reset() using a->reset()? Yes. HTH, --Eljay
