Re: static_cast + virtual table = problems ?

["Martin v. Loewis" <martin at mira dot isdn dot cs dot tu-berlin dot de>]

> a=1
> b=2  <-- why b is being printed ???
> 
> a=1
> 
> If print() is declarad as non-virtual it produces the correct result.

You get the correct result in both cases :-) A static cast is just
that: it changes the static type of some expression. 

It does not make virtual functions non-virtual, so if you invoke a
virtual function on an A&, and the dynamic object is a B instance, you
get the B method.

To always invoke the A method, you have to write

  ba.A::print();

instead.

Hope this helps,
Martin