Re: Why Dynamic Class is required?

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From: Joseph M. Newcomer (newcomer_at_flounder.com)
Date: 02/24/04 

Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 12:05:54 -0500

Well, creating an instance of the class at compile time doesn't do much good, since you
probably aren't running your app from the compiler. Sort of like the question
        a = b + c;
\why isn't the arithmetic done at compile time?
                                        joe

On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 15:36:59 +0530, "Debasish Pramanik" <debasish.pramanik@assetlink.com>
wrote:

>Dear All,
>
>In InitInstance for a SDI application we use code such as
>
>CSingleDocTemplate *pDoc =
>
>new CSingleDocTemplate(0,
>RUNTIME_CLASS(CMYDoc),
>RUNTIME_CLASS(CMYFrameWnd),
>RUNTIME_CLASS(CMYView));
>
>Why to create the objects at runtime why not at compile time?
>
>Regards,
>Debasish Pramanik
>

Joseph M. Newcomer [MVP]
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