Meaning of Shape *p=new Circle();

[amaid]

Shape and Circle are classes.Shape is the base class and Circle is derived from Shape class.Can someone tell me the meaning of the following statement:
Shape *p=new Circle();

[keskiverto]

Store the address of a Circle object in a pointer p. Circle inherits Shape and therefore Circle is a Shape and can be referred to as one. See polymorphism.

[Computergeek01]

Also see "Object Slicing" for why using polymorphism this way can backfire on you if you don't design things right.

[ne555]

"Object Slicing" refer to the case where you assign an object of a derived class, to an object of the base class.
The keyword here is object. Not sure how you relate that to the OP's example.