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Re: inheritance turns back and bitesby John M. Dlugosz (Monsignor) |
on Mar 01, 2004 at 16:13 UTC ( [id://332952]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
Nobody seems to have addressed the actual question, about the underlying reason for this being a mistake and how to avoid it. Basically, you used the same method name in a derived class as is used in the base class, and that accidently overrides a function that just happens to have the same name but is used for a different purpose, takes different parameters, etc. The first thing that comes to mind is to make sure all members are documented or follow a naming convention for "internal use" items. But, you can still hit that problem with an internal-use function! All methods that are called using the virtual dispatch mechanism, even those that are private, must be documented so a writer of a derived class is aware of them and will not re-use those names. —John
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