Re: inheritance / overriding question

Hi All,

I have the following:

#include <iostream>

class BaseClass {
   protected:
       int var;
   public:
       void setVar(int var){
           this->var = var;
           std::cout << "using BaseClass\n";
       }
       virtual void showVar() = 0;
};

class ClassA : public BaseClass {
   public:
       void setVar(int var){
           this->var = var;
           std::cout << "using ClassA\n";
       }
       void showVar(){
           std::cout << "using ClassA var is " << var;
       }
};

int main(){
   BaseClass* base;

   base = new ClassA;

   base->setVar(12); //I know I have a magic number here, please ignore
this
   base->showVar();
}

why does base->setVar() call the function in the BaseClass, not the one in
ClassA? Shouldn't ClassA override the BaseClass function?