From 4451633592831672415 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f78e5,c9300cc6a0b28243 X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-08-05 11:25:20 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!newspump.monmouth.com!newspeer.monmouth.com!kibo.news.demon.net!mutlu.news.demon.net!demon!mail2news.demon.co.uk!devnull From: richard@ex-parrot.com (Richard Smith) Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ Subject: Re: no_base_call Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 18:25:19 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Lines: 18 Approved: fjh@cs.mu.oz.au (Fergus Henderson , moderator of comp.std.c++) Message-ID: References: <_azXa.385380$jp.11007710@twister.southeast.rr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: mail2news.demon.co.uk 1060107919 13123 10.0.0.1 (5 Aug 2003 18:25:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 18:25:19 +0000 (UTC) X-Received: from mulga.cs.mu.oz.au ([128.250.1.22]) by news.demon.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.12) id 19k6Uo-0003PW-00 for mail2news@news.news.demon.net; Tue, 05 Aug 2003 18:25:18 +0000 X-Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU id EAA14719; Wed, 6 Aug 2003 04:25:11 +1000 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU: fjh set sender to devnull@stump.algebra.com using -f X-Path: comp-std-cpp-robomod!not-for-mail X-Robomod: STUMP, ichudov@algebra.com (Igor Chudov) X-Delivered-To: std-c++@ucar.edu X-Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ X-X-Sender: richard@sphinx.mythic-beasts.com X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-6.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_01,EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,REFERENCES, REPLY_WITH_QUOTES,USER_AGENT_PINE version=2.55 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.std.c++:20470 Jeff Williams wrote: > If the base class version was private, then the derived classes would not be > able to over-ride the function anyways. Wrong. A derived class can override virtual functions in a base irrespective of their access specifier (i.e. whether they are private, protected or public). -- Richard Smith --- [ comp.std.c++ is moderated. To submit articles, try just posting with ] [ your news-reader. If that fails, use mailto:std-c++@ncar.ucar.edu ] [ --- Please see the FAQ before posting. --- ] [ FAQ: http://www.jamesd.demon.co.uk/csc/faq.html ]