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struct CGsTypeBase
{
    char foo[8];
};
struct CGsUCharType : CGsTypeBase
{
    wchar_t foo[8];
};

struct CGsUShortType : CGsTypeBase
{
    uint16_t foo[8];
};
struct CGsULongType : CGsTypeBase
{
    long foo[8];
};


int main(
    int		argc,
	char*   argv[]
	)
{
    int m_MemberCount = 7;

    CGsUCharType* m_s_b1 = new CGsUCharType();  // All of these "Type" classes are derived from CGsTypeBase
    CGsUCharType* m_s_b2 = new CGsUCharType();
    CGsUCharType* m_s_b3 = new CGsUCharType();
    CGsUCharType* m_s_b4 = new CGsUCharType();

    CGsUShortType* m_s_w1 = new CGsUShortType();
    CGsUShortType* m_s_w2 = new CGsUShortType();
    CGsULongType* m_S_addr = new CGsULongType();

    CGsTypeBase** m_Members = new CGsTypeBase*[m_MemberCount]; // Yes, this is the correct way to create an array of pointers

    m_Members[0] = m_s_b1;
    m_Members[1] = m_s_b2; // No warnings here
    m_Members[2] = m_s_b3;
    m_Members[3] = m_s_b4;
    m_Members[4] = m_s_w1;
    m_Members[5] = m_s_w2;
    m_Members[6] = m_S_addr;

	return 0;
}

Richard Andrew x64 wrote:

CGsTypeBase** m_Members = new CGsTypeBase*[m_MemberCount]; // Is this the correct way to create an array of pointers?

Richard MacCutchan wrote:

I am not sure what you would gain by it even if you could find the address