Where is the violation?

• Remember: A derived class object should be able to substitute for a base class object without changing the behavior of the program

  • A Circle should do everything a plain Shape can do (but not vice versa)
  • A Bvec should do everything a plain Vector should do (but not vice versa)

• But we can’t create, say, Bvec(10)

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