Baffling behavior

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Published on 2010-03-20T13:53:20Z Indexed on 2010/03/20 14:01 UTC
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class A
{
 public:
 A()
 {

 }
};

class B : public  A
{
 public:
 B()
 {
 }
};

int main()
{
A *a=new A();
B * b=static_cast<B*>(a);
///The above code compiles while if I replace above two line in main with below assignment it gives error.
     A *a=new A();
    B * b=new A();

}

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