Re: Confused about non-virtual functions
 

Robert William Vesterman <bob@vesterman.com> wrote in message news:<ca2ffv0nshh91iibbihief64sothge3c4d@4ax.com>. ..
> I'm confused about the purpose of non-virtual functions. As I
> understand it, if you have a class E that extends a class B and
> overrides a non-virtual function f(), then the f() that actually gets
> called for an E object depends upon whether that E object is known as
> an E or as a B at the time of the call.
>
> I don't understand what's useful about this ambiguity in what the f()
> of an E is. Could someone please give me an example of why it would
> be useful?
[snip]

The main situation where this is used is with operator=. There are
serious problems with making this virtual (think about signatures).

Dave