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From: joemac@Apple.COM (Joe MacDougald)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: fixing pitfall in virtual members
Message-ID: <685@internal.Apple.COM>
Date: 15 Feb 89 18:21:51 GMT
References: <DOVE.89Feb14122134@rocket.stars.flab.Fujitsu.JUNET>
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Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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There has been a proposal here at Apple to extend the language to cover
this unsafe situation.  The keyword suggested to be required when a virtual
function was specialized in a derived class is "overload".  This keyword 
is required in Object Pascal in the analogous situation.  For portability
one could simply "#define overload virtual".

This was suggested to Bjarne but alas the language is too mature for such an 
addition.


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