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From: fox@allegra.att.com (David Fox)
Newsgroups: comp.std.c++
Subject: Inheritance in cfront and g++
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Date: 15 Aug 90 14:10:45 GMT
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In porting code from g++ to cfront I have come across the following
inconsistancy.  The following program compiles as-is in g++

	class A {
	public:
	  void f(int);
	};
	
	class B : public A {
	public:
	  void f(char*);
	//void f(int i) {A::f(i);}
	};
	
	main()
	{
	  B x;
	  x.f(3);
	}

And the call to x.f(3) finds the function f in class A.  In
cfront, however, the function f in class B "masks" the f in
class A, so you need the commented f(int) member function to 
get this to compile.  To me, the g++ semantics make more sense.
Do others agree?