Re: C++ polymorphism question
Gianni Mariani wrote:
Jonas Huckestein wrote:
Hi there,
I was wondering, whether I
can access members of a
derived class from within
it, if I accessed it from a
virtual function on the base
classpointer ^^ Example:
class A {
virtual void oskar(void);
};
class B : A {
void emil(){};
the ';' not needed
void oskar(void)
{emil();};};
the ';' after the function is not needed ... don't put it at the end of
functions.
not "not needed", but even wrong, but I'm sure the standard allow extra
';' in class definition or not; AFAIK, some library like /CppUnit/ even
borrows some technique to avoid "extra ';' error" for some compilers,
what compile(s)? I don't know.
A* peter = new B;
B->oskar();
Is this allowed? I know it
is not possible to call emil
directly, but thiswould be a
fine workaround.
This is allowed. Not only is it allowed, it is the intention for
the code is even illformed
if /A/ makes /oskar/ public and /B/ uses public inheritance
then we can write
peter->oskar();
I think this is the OP's intent
virtual functions to have access to the class it is defined in.
Don't call it from "A"'s constructor though, you'll get surprises.
--
Thanks
Barry
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