From 8656147684815244154 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f78e5,ccbfcafab96cf493 X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-11-29 12:38:01 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!dispose.news.demon.net!news.demon.co.uk!demon!mail2news.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: "Jim Barry" Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ Subject: Re: Proposol to increase robustness of programs Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 20:37:39 GMT Organization: ntl Cablemodem News Service Approved: Fergus Henderson , moderator of comp.std.c++ Message-ID: References: <3BFE97B3.91430FB1@wanadoo.fr> <3C058126.36357A00@acm.org> X-Trace: mail2news.demon.co.uk 1007066264 mail2news:23001 mail2news mail2news.demon.co.uk X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net X-Mail2News-Path: news.demon.net!mulga.cs.mu.oz.au X-Authentication-Warning: mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU: fjh set sender to devnull@stump.algebra.com using -f X-Robomod: STUMP, ichudov@algebra.com (Igor Chudov) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 20:18:44 GMT Lines: 23 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.std.c++:8374 Pete Becker wrote: > The reason that it doesn't get any support from me is that > it solves a non-problem. If you want to be sure that your > member function overrides a virtual function in the base, > write a test case that calls it through the base. You have > to do this anyway, in order to check the behavior of your > derived class. So this error falls out automatically from > routine testing. Yes, and then you smack your hand against your forehead and say "Good grief! Couldn't the compiler have caught a silly mistake like this?". I would have thought it is better to detect errors at compile time wherever possible because they are undoubtedly more costly to fix later. - Jim --- [ 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.research.att.com/~austern/csc/faq.html ]