Method hiding [Was: Re: System programming in D]

[Jesse Phillips]

On Thursday, 5 January 2012 at 01:36:44 UTC, bearophile wrote:
> Walter:
>
>> What is dangerous is (in C++) the ability to override a 
>> non-virtual function, and the use of non-virtual destructors.
>
> There is something left that I'd like to see D care more about, 
> method hiding:
>
>
> class Foo {
>   string name = "c1";
>   static void foo() {}
> }
> class Bar : Foo {
>   string name = "c2";
>   static void foo() {} // silent method hiding
> }
> void main() {}

Should we just disallow this? If the function wasn't static it 
would just override foo. Or is that changing once override is 
required?