Re: Selection of overloaded function
Fred <fred.l.kleinschmidt@boeing.com> wrote:
On Mar 11, 8:06?pm, Michael Tsang <mikl...@gmail.com> wrote:
Fred wrote:
What does the standard say about which overloaded function to match in
this situation:
(Assume classes A and B are defined, and there is an overloaded
operator defined
? ?const A& operator = (const void *);
class Base {
? public:
? A a;
? B b;
? ? virtual void fun( A a& );
This is a syntax error. What do you mean?
Oops - I meant A &a
The real question concerns what is the sequence used to match
overloaded and polymorphed functions.
It seems to be:
1) In Sub class, select the function that matches all non-defaulted
parameter types exactly.
2) If no exact match, see if one exists that can be matched by type-
conversion of non-defaulted parameters.
3) If still no match, repeat (1) and (2) but adding the defaulted
parameters.
Not quite:
struct MyClass {
void foo(A& a, int b = 3);
void foo(A& a);
};
int main() {
MyClass c;
A a;
c.foo(a); // compiler error - ambiguous access
}
4) If still no match (and there were ANY functions by that name
defined in Sub, fail with a 'no match found' error.
5) If there were no functions by that name defined in Sub, then and
only then look for a match in the superclass.
Or if "using Base::functionName" exists in Sub.
Note, that all this assumes that you are calling the function on a
pointer to Sub, if you are calling on a pointer to Base, then things are
different.
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