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- <p>
- Virtual member functions are key to the object-oriented paradigm,
- such as making it easy for old code to call new code.
- A virtual function allows derived classes to replace the implementation
- provided by the base class. The compiler makes sure the replacement is
- always called whenever the object in question is actually of the derived class,
- even if the object is accessed by a base pointer rather than a derived pointer.
- This allows algorithms in the base class to be replaced in the derived class,
- even if users dont know about the derived class.
- <code>
- class A {
- public:
- virtual void foo() {}
- }
- </code>
- </p>
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