function overloading | GameDev.net

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Jul 22, 2003 at 9:22 AM

Quick question about overloading. I want to overload the base class function but I still need the function to do everything it does in the base class plus a bit more functionality. Without resorting to cutting and pasting can I get the child class function to run the code from the base class function then a bit of code of its own. Can I explicitly call the base class function within the overloading function or what? I hope that makes sense

Jul 22, 2003 at 9:32 AM

Yeah:



class A
{
public:
    virtual void DoSomething()
    {
        cout << "Class A";
    }
};

class B : public A
{
public:
    virtual void DoSomething()
    {
        A::DoSomething();
        cout << " is my daddy!";
    }
};

... kinda like that, and the B:: function will then call the A:: function and do a bit more.

MrOffRoad

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MrOffRoad

Jul 22, 2003 at 9:42 AM

Thanks JY

Thats just what I was after

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