do static method get inherited ?

[mangesh]

do static method get inherited ?
if no why ?

Regards
Mangesh

[Ivan Vecerina]

"mangesh" <ma************@walla.com> wrote in message
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: do static method get inherited ?
: if no why ?

What do you mean by "get inherited" ?

They do become accessible within the scope of the derived class:

class Base {
public: static void foo();
};

class Derived : public Base {
};

int main()
{
Derived::foo();
}
What more would you expect ?

Ivan
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[mangesh]

thanks for reply .

but if i write
derived.foo() ;
will it compile ?

regards
mangesh

[Thorsten Kiefer]

mangesh wrote:

thanks for reply .

but if i write
derived.foo() ;
will it compile ?

regards
mangesh

No, you must write DERIVED::foo() !

[Jonathan Mcdougall]

mangesh wrote:

thanks for reply .
[context: asking about the syntax for calling a static member function]
but if i write
derived.foo() ;
will it compile ?

[ Please, quote some context when you reply.
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Why don't you try it?

Don't guess about language features. Buy a good book (see www.accu.org
for suggestions) and study it.

A static member function is called either with

class_name::f();

or

object_name.f();
Jonathan