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What will happen if a virtual function is declared to be virtual again in a derived class?

Hi, all.

What will happen if a virtual function is declared to be virtual again in a
derived class? Any harm?

Best Regards,

Xiangliang Meng
Jul 22 '05 #1
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Xiangliang Meng wrote:
What will happen if a virtual function
is declared to be virtual again in a derived class? Any harm?


No harm.
In fact, I recommend it.
Jul 22 '05 #2
On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 10:29:15 +0800, "Xiangliang Meng"
<xi************ *@hotmail.com> wrote in comp.lang.c++:
Hi, all.

What will happen if a virtual function is declared to be virtual again in a
derived class? Any harm?

Best Regards,

Xiangliang Meng


No harm at all. Any function defined as virtual in a base class is
always virtual in derived classes, whether you use the virtual keyword
in the derived class or not. Most experienced C++ programmers seem to
prefer using the virtual keyword in the derived class for
documentation purposes.

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