hiding a class property behind a method

[Ali Çehreli]

On 02/22/2014 09:21 AM, luka8088 wrote:> It seems to me that the 
following code should be illegal, but I am
 > uncertain of it so I am posting here for a confirmation before I post it
 > on bug tracker:
 >
 >
 > http://dpaste.dzfl.pl/dae728734cc6
 >
 >
 > import std.stdio;
 >
 > class A {
 >    string x () { return "A"; };
 > }
 >
 > class B : A {
 >    override string x () { return "B"; };
 > }
 >
 > class C : A {
 >    string x = "C"; // should this be illegal?
 > }
 >
 > void main () {
 >    A o1 = new B();
 >    writeln(o1.x); // B
 >
 >    A o2 = new C();
 >    writeln(o2.x); // A
 > }
 >

The code uses the two objects through the A interface and x() is a 
virtual function on that interface.

When the C interface is used then we get C.x, which happens to be hiding 
the x() function of the base class.

It looks normal to me.

Ali