Example Code Ch 09-2
Assume that Poodle is a derived class of Dog and that Dog d = new Dog(...) and Poodle p = new Poodle(...) where the ... are the necessary parameters for the two classes.
-Refer to Example Code Ch 09-2: The assignment statement p = d; is legal even though p is not a Dog.

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The assignment statement p = d; is not legal because d is an object of the Dog class and cannot be assigned to a variable of the Poodle class. This is because a Poodle object can have additional or different functionality and properties than a Dog object, and assigning a Dog object to a Poodle variable could result in errors or loss of functionality.