Why can't static functions be virtual

[Leandro Lucarella]

John McAuley escribió:
> Boris Kolar Wrote:
> 
>> If it worked the way you describe, it would be a little bit slower. The way it
>> works now,
>> compiler doesn't need to use object reference/pointer at all. It works just as if
>> you would
>> type "CBase.hello()" (and note that "." does not mean hello is invoked on an
>> instance, it's
>> just as if "CBase.hello" was a name of a global function).
> 
> I'm not saying deprecate calling via classname.funcname. Keep it. 

[snip]

> The programmer has the choice of how to call.

BTW, instance methods are all virtual (except if the compiler thinks it 
can be optimized) and nobody is complaining about that. I don't see why 
this couldn't be true for static methods too.

Even so, you can use the final to indicate you don't want it to be 
virtual explicitly.

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Leandro Lucarella
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