Object Slicing Demonstration

Copying a derived object into a base OBJECT (by value) slices off the derived part, and virtual dispatch no longer reaches the override. Pointers and references do NOT slice.

Base class Animal has a virtual string sound() const returning "base".
Derived class Cat overrides sound() to return "meow".

The runner makes a Cat, binds an Animal& to it (no slicing), and also copies it into an Animal value (slicing). It prints the reference call then the sliced-value call (see Expected Output).

Do NOT write a main function.

Expected Output:

meow↵
base↵

= newline. The output ends with a newline — print one after the last line.

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Topics:

Inheritance

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