Which print function going to be called. scope question.

[sasha]

class Base{

public:
std::ostream& operator<<( std::ostream& os, const string &str )
{ return print(os); }

void print(std:ostre am& os){ os<<"Base\n";}
};
class Derived{
public:
using Base::operator< <;
void print(std:ostre am& os){ os<<"Derived\n" ;}
};

D d=Derived;
D<<"str";

B & pd=new Derived;
pd<<"str";
Notice that that print is not a virtual function.

I wonder if you bring base class member in the Derive class scope
and invoke it via Derived object, which print is it going to call: one
from derived or one from base.

[Victor Bazarov]

sasha wrote:

class Base{

public:
std::ostream& operator<<( std::ostream& os, const string &str )
{ return print(os); }

void print(std:ostre am& os){ os<<"Base\n";}
};
class Derived{
public:
using Base::operator< <;
void print(std:ostre am& os){ os<<"Derived\n" ;}
};

D d=Derived;
D<<"str";

B & pd=new Derived;
pd<<"str";
Notice that that print is not a virtual function.

I wonder if you bring base class member in the Derive class scope
and invoke it via Derived object, which print is it going to call: one
from derived or one from base.

Sasha, please post real code. Your 'print' functions are 'void', so
you cannot 'return print(os)' from the operator <<.

Generally speaking, making Base::operator< < "visible" in Derived is
unnecessary, it's visible as it is. And, of course, such visibility
change does NOT affect the behaviour of the 'operator<<' function.

V
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