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    static function call

    PHP Code:
    class A
    {
    public:
        static 
    void func(){std::cout<<"A\n";}
    };

    class 
    B:public A
    {
    public:
        
    virtual void func(){A::func();}
    };

    class 
    C:public B
    {
    public:    
        
    virtual void funx(){func();}
    };

    class 
    D:public C
    {
    public:
        static 
    void func(){std::cout<<"CC\n";}
        
    void Call(){funx();}
    };

    int _tmain(int argc_TCHARargv[])
    {
        
    D b;
        
    b.Call();
            return 
    0;

    I am lost in the basic *static* key applied for a function. Could someone please tell me why the above code print "A". I suppose it should be "CC".

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    Re: static function call

    The compiler gives me this message
    warning C4526: 'D::func' : static member function cannot override virtual function 'void B::func(void)
    override ignored, virtual function will be hidden

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    Re: static function call

    PHP Code:
    class D:public C
    {
    public:
        
    virtual void func(){std::cout<<"CC\n";}
        
    void Call(){funx();}
    }; 
    and
    PHP Code:
    class D:public C
    {
    public:
        
    void func(){std::cout<<"CC\n";}
        
    void Call(){funx();}
    }; 
    From the OP example, could you tell me which one (please pay attention to the virtual key) is polymorphically implemented ? Does the virtual key above make its actual sense ? I don't think so.

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    Re: static function call

    Quote Originally Posted by GCDEF View Post
    The compiler gives me this message
    warning C4526: 'D::func' : static member function cannot override virtual function 'void B::func(void)
    override ignored, virtual function will be hidden
    I don't have this warning on my VS2012 Ultimate... Please wait a second I look into compiler option....and be back very soon

    (after 2 minutes I'm back and...)
    I have level3 of warnings and see no warning(C4526), even after I enable all warnings(/Wall)
    Last edited by terminalXXX; June 20th, 2013 at 08:08 AM.

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    Re: static function call

    Quote Originally Posted by terminalXXX View Post
    I don't have this warning on my VS2012 Ultimate... Please wait a second I look into compiler option....and be back very soon

    (after 2 minutes I'm back and...)
    I have level3 of warnings and see no warning(C4526), even after I enable all warnings(/Wall)
    I get the same warning as GCDEF in post #2 with level 3.
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    Re: static function call

    Ok thank you you two a lot, what about my third post question ?


    (Oppps, after 1 minute I posted this, I realize I was wrong because ...)

    virtual key in the base class is meant for polymophism, but in the child isn't supposed to be so unless it does have any children then, right ? So this is simply a chain of function calls, nothing magical about this between virtual and non-virtual. It is not polymorphism at all.
    Last edited by terminalXXX; June 20th, 2013 at 08:33 AM.

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    Re: static function call

    Quote Originally Posted by terminalXXX View Post
    I don't have this warning on my VS2012 Ultimate... Please wait a second I look into compiler option....and be back very soon

    (after 2 minutes I'm back and...)
    I have level3 of warnings and see no warning(C4526), even after I enable all warnings(/Wall)
    Regardless, that's the problem. You can search that warning for more information.

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    Re: static function call

    From the OP example, could you tell me which one (please pay attention to the virtual key) is polymorphically implemented ? Does the virtual key above make its actual sense ? I don't think so.
    To implement polymorphically, the function in the base class needs to be declared virtual. Derived classes from the base class can declare the overridden functions as virtual but it is not needed once the base class function has been declared virtual. Static class functions are functions that can called outside of an instance (eg from your code A::func()). These class static functions do not have access to the 'this' pointer and so cannot access class variables etc.
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