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Article #334Re: Can we allow virtual function member declarations to be inherited?
From: Marshall Cline
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 1990 17:29
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 1990 17:29
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In article <1069@lupine.NCD.COM> rfg@NCD.COM (Ron Guilmette) writes: >In article <37923@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> jbuck@galileo.berkeley.edu (Joe Buck) writes: >>...the keyword virtual may >>mean two things: define a new virtual function that applies from this >>point in the class hierarchy downwards, OR override the baseclass definition >>of this function... >Wrong. I don't know where you got this strange idea about your hypothetical >second meaning for "virtual", but it is wrong. I suspect ``where he got this strange idea'' was that most redefined functions are virtual in the base class. I hate to put words in Joe's mouth, but my guess is that he was saying ``virtual can mean to virtualize a previously non-virtual in a base class.'' I'd like to make an appeal: let's keep the C++ newsgroups friendly. (I know this doesn't apply to Joe Buck, but...) There are many many many new C++ers. This is a good problem to have! The X newsgroup has a `rep' for flaming beginners; that's a rep we don't need or want. -- ============================================================================== Marshall Cline / Asst.Prof / ECE Dept / Clarkson Univ / Potsdam, NY 13676 cline@sun.soe.clarkson.edu / Bitnet:BH0W@CLUTX / uunet!clutx.clarkson.edu!bh0w Voice: 315-268-3868 / Secretary: 315-268-6511 / FAX: 315-268-7600 Career search in progress; ECE faculty; research oriented; will send vita. PS: If your company is interested in on-site C++/OOD training, drop me a line! ==============================================================================
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!image.soe.clarkson.edu!news From: cline@cheetah.ece.clarkson.edu (Marshall Cline) Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ Subject: Re: Can we allow virtual function member declarations to be inherited? Message-ID: <CLINE.90Aug15132637@cheetah.ece.clarkson.edu> Date: 15 Aug 90 17:29:57 GMT References: <DOVE.90Jul31222153@rocket.uucp> <37923@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> <1069@lupine.NCD.COM> Sender: news@sun.soe.clarkson.edu Reply-To: cline@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Marshall Cline) Distribution: comp Organization: (I don't speak for the) ECE Dept, Clarkson Univ, Potsdam, NY Lines: 28 In-reply-to: rfg@NCD.COM's message of 4 Aug 90 00:56:48 GMT