On Tuesday, 22 September 2020 at 10:23:08 UTC, Daniel Kozak wrote:
On Tue, Sep 22, 2020 at 11:06 AM claptrap via
Digitalmars-d-learn < digitalmars-d-learn@puremagic.com> wrote:
"Functions marked as final may not be overridden in a derived
class, unless they are also private"
So final private functions can be overriden? It seems not, but
the sentence is definitely confusing if not just plain wrong.
Yes they can, if you have class A in one module and class B in
another
module this will work:
//a.d
class A
{
private final void overrideFun()
{
import std.stdio : writeln;
writeln("A::overrideFun");
}
}
//b.d
import a;
class B : A
{
void overrideFun()
{
import std.stdio : writeln;
writeln("B::overrideFun");
}
}
// main.d
import b;
void main(string[] args)
{
B b = new B;
b.overrideFun;
}
The thread title is...
"Why private methods cant be virtual?"
IE Not...
"how do I override private functions in a non-polymorphic manner."
And what you suggest wont work because I was asking about virtual
functions, so I specifically want polymorphism. And FWIW it's no
big deal I can just use protected, i wasn't looking for a
solution, I was looking for an explanation as to why it was done
that way. But apparently there is none.
