# 133. Unlimited polymorphic pointer can point to any type.
topic: {ref}`generic-programming`
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An unlimited polymorphic pointer p
class(*), pointer :: p
can point to any type of variable or object and can be passed as a class(*) or class(*), pointer argument. Otherwise it must be disambiguated with SELECT TYPE before being used.
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