Re: subclassing question
PaulH wrote:
I have a c++ template class derived from another template class. Call
them ClassB and ClassA, respectively. I would like to be able to use
all of the ClassA functions in an instance of ClassB, but extend some
of them as in the code below.
Unfortunately, I get a compiler error:
error C2660: 'ClassB< T >::SomeFunction' : function does not take 3
arguments
When can I do to get the functionality I want?
Thanks,
PaulH
template< typename T >
class ClassA
{
void SomeFunction( int A, int B, bool C )
{
// ...
}
// ...
}
template< typename T >
class ClassB : public ClassA< T >
{
void SomeFunction( int A, int B )
{
// ...
}
// ...
}
void main()
{
ClassB< int > instance;
instance.SomeFunction( 1, 2 ); // works fine
instance.SomeFunction( 1, 2, 3 ); // error!
}
PaulH:
As Doug says, this has nothing to do with templates.
Why do you want to give your two-argument method in B the same name as the
three-argument one in A?
If the signatures were the same, you could at least say that you wanted B to be
a drop-in replacement for A (which you have to be careful not to use
polymorphically). But with different signatures, it serves no purpose.
--
David Wilkinson
Visual C++ MVP
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