Re: Does alias prevent hijacking?

[Jacob Carlborg]

On 2011-05-30 08:53, Kagamin wrote:

class Base
{
   void foo(string s){}
}

class Derived: Base
{
   alias Base.foo foo;
   void foo(long s){}
}

So far so good.

Now add new method to the Base class.

class Base
{
   void foo(string s){}
   void foo(int s){}
}

Now behavior of the calling code silently changes.

Yes, but you've made an active choice by adding the alias.

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/Jacob Carlborg