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Article #3582Re: Hiding Overloaded Functions
From: David Vandevoorde
Date: Tue, 05 Mar 1996 02:22
Date: Tue, 05 Mar 1996 02:22
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>>>>> "RL" == Roman Lechtchinsky <wolfro@cs.tu-berlin.de> writes:
[...]
RL> In the present standard as well as in the April draft, there
RL> exists one rule which I don't like at all. Basically, the concept
RL> is that if several overloaded functions are defined in a class A
RL> and one of these functions is redefined in a derived class B this
RL> function hides all functions inherited from A that have the same
RL> name:
[...]
C++ look-up rules are already quite complicated. If this rule were
relaxed the way you suggest, I imagine things would get even worse
(I think you would have to define some kind of iteration between
name look-up and overload resolution).
Daveed
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From: vandevod@cs.rpi.edu (David Vandevoorde) Message-ID: <xsovikkwkg2.fsf@avs.cs.rpi.edu> X-Original-Date: 04 Mar 1996 17:41:01 -0500 Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!in1.uu.net!bounce-back Date: 05 Mar 96 02:22:13 GMT Approved: fjh@cs.mu.oz.au Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ Subject: Re: Hiding Overloaded Functions Organization: RPI Computer Science References: <4h9psh$fnv@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> In-Reply-To: Roman Lechtchinsky's message of 04 Mar 1996 10:20:46 PST X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.1 X-Auth: PGPMoose V1.1 PGP comp.std.c++ iQBFAgUBMTulZOEDnX0m9pzZAQHJzwF/ZPGqlithKf0kOs7jaemzIO53rgUGcw5m qdVYcp5R+rhfOE2LBj63ASYP3Sg5hmcg =5Fjs