RE: Instantiation question

[Mike.Barton@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

>Why do you need to say:
>
>Student show = new Student();
>
>Why not just:
>
>show = new Student();
>
>Is there a case where you would want to do something like:
>
>Student show = new Principal();
>or
>Principal show = new Student();
>
>Maybe the answer to your original question will answer mine.  :)  I've
>always thought that this type of declaration was a bit redundant.

Brad
     you are correct in your suggestion. a better example
might possibly be something like:

Class Student extends Person
Person show = new Student()

In this case Student is a subclass of Person and therefore inherits all
the properties of Person.

Mike

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