Re: What's the different betteen pure virtual function and virtual
function
Jack wrote:
I did not get clear the different betteen them,
Given there's no errors in the code below (am not familiar enough with
virtual to know for sure on all the calls), I can provide my input:
for example:
[..]
virtual ~Base();
virtual void pure() = 0;
inline void Base::pure()
{
std::cout << "Base::pure() called\n";
}
I think the pure() = 0 assignment in the class definition has no effect
since you later define the function, actually I'm not even sure if it is
allowed by the compiler.
class Derived: public Base
{
public:
virtual void pure();
};
This defines the new function for Derived which gets called if you call
pure() for an object of type Derived.
inline void Derived::pure()
{
Base::pure();
std::cout << "Derived::pure() called\n";
}
This first calls the Base class pure() and then adds its own code.
derived.pure();
This calls Derived.pure() (which in turn calls Base.pure() first),
output will be:
Base::pure() called
Derived::pure() called
derived.Base::pure();
This calls Base.pure() for object derived, output
Base::pure() called
dp->pure();
dp->Base::pure();
These two calls do exactly the same, just with a pointer as variable,
instead of an object.
I'm not sure I understand your problem?
Lars
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