Vector of pointers to derived classes constructor

CMakeLists.txt

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.25)
project(vectorOfPointers)

set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)

add_executable(vectorOfPointers main.cpp)

main.cpp

#include <iostream>
#include <vector>

class Base {
public:
    Base() = default;
    virtual ~Base() = default;
    virtual const char * object_name() = 0;
};

class A : public Base {
public:
    A() : Base() {std::cout << "Construct A" << std::endl;}
    ~A() override = default;

    const char * object_name() override {
        return "A";
    }

};

class B : public Base {
public:
    B() : Base() {std::cout << "Construct B" << std::endl;}
    ~B() override = default;

    const char * object_name() override {
        return "B";
    }
};

// https://stackoverflow.com/a/44192185
template<class T> Base* create()
{
    return new T;
}

int main() {
    // SINGLE
    Base* (*createMyClass)(void) = create<A>;
    Base* myClass = createMyClass();

    // VECTOR OF FUNCTION POINTERS
    std::vector<Base * (*)()> functions;
    functions.push_back(create<A>);
    functions.push_back(create<B>);

    for (auto c : functions) {
        Base * obj = c();
        std::cout << "Object name: " << obj->object_name() << std::endl;
        delete obj;
    }

    // ARRAY OF FUNCTION POINTERS
    Base * (*createPage[2]) ();

    createPage[0] = create<A>;
    createPage[1] = create<B>;

    for (int i=0; i<2; i++) {
        Base * obj = createPage[i]();
        std::cout << "i: " << i << " Object name: " << obj->object_name() << std::endl;
        delete obj;
    }

    return 0;
}