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    The document discusses using polymorphism to allow subclasses of a base Shape class to override abstract area() and perimeter() methods. It suggests making the Shape class abstract to prevent direct instantiation, and using virtual methods so a Shape pointer can correctly call the subclass implementation. The document also notes that storing subclasses in a Shape array works, but adding a member variable to one subclass could break the program by making subclasses incompatible.

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    The document discusses using polymorphism to allow subclasses of a base Shape class to override abstract area() and perimeter() methods. It suggests making the Shape class abstract to prevent direct instantiation, and using virtual methods so a Shape pointer can correctly call the subclass implementation. The document also notes that storing subclasses in a Shape array works, but adding a member variable to one subclass could break the program by making subclasses incompatible.

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    Create A Square and Rectangle and Access Them Via A Pointer To Shape

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    The document discusses using polymorphism to allow subclasses of a base Shape class to override abstract area() and perimeter() methods. It suggests making the Shape class abstract to prevent direct instantiation, and using virtual methods so a Shape pointer can correctly call the subclass implementation. The document also notes that storing subclasses in a Shape array works, but adding a member variable to one subclass could break the program by making subclasses incompatible.

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     Create a Square and rectangle and access

    them via a pointer to Shape


    ◦ What happened when we try to access the area /
    perimeter functions
    ◦ How could we solve this problem?
     HINT: virtual
    class Shape{
    access_specifier:
    Shape();
    double area ();
    double perimeter();
    access_specifier :
    double width_, height_;
    };

     Questions
    ◦ Does it make sense to create an object of the Shape class?
    ◦ Should we, and how can we, prohibit this?
    HINT: pure virtual method / abstract class
     Create an array of 4 Shapes and use it to
    store 2 Triangles and 2 Rectangles
     Write a program that computes the total area
    of shapes in the array
    ◦ Are there any issues with this?
    ◦ If we add a member variable to store the angle
    between two sides of triangle does the program
    break? Why?

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