Hi,

I'm working on a project for school, and I'm getting an error that doesn't make sense to me. Here's the code where the error comes from, with the error inserted to the side:

#include "Stack.h"
#include "Array.h"
//#include "Iterator.h"

class StackAsArray: public virtual Stack
{
private:
Array<Object*> theArray; <---------- Error C2259:
Array<T> cannot instantiate abstract class
class Iter;
public:
StackAsArray(unsigned int);
Object& Top();
void Push(Object&) = 0;
Object& Pop();
void Purge();

virtual ~StackAsArray();

friend class Iter;
};

Object is, in fact, abstract, but I'm not instantiating the object, just a pointer to it. Object is the base class from which all other classes derive from, and I want to be able to store an array of them, regardless of specific type. The above code snippet is actually the solution suggested in my textbook. What am I missing? Is there a better way?

Thanks,

jesse