Re: Channel 9 video: Visual C++ 10 is the new 6
On Sun, 23 Nov 2008 21:44:21 -0500, Joseph M. Newcomer
<newcomer@flounder.com> wrote:
Every MFC programmer should be able to describe what's wrong with the
following and how to fix it:
MyListBox c_lb;
...
CListBox& lb = c_lb;
lb.InsertString(...);
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If the programmer had defined MyListBox::InsertString, this bypasses the override (or
masking) of the subclass method. If the method had been virtual, it would work correctly.
****
Right, and the answer is to not write MyListBox::InsertString, but instead
to handle the LB_INSERTSTRING message.
Or more generally:
MyWindow mw;
...
CWnd& w = mw;
w.OnSomeMessage(...);
****
Ditto. The method of CWnd is invoked, not the method of MyWindow. Which is why message
maps are not really virtual methods in the proper sense, just a hack that gives an
apparent equivalence.
joe
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Right, and the answer is to call SendMessage, which is the key to message
map polymorphism.
--
Doug Harrison
Visual C++ MVP
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