[vdr] Re: Coding question

[Christian Schuld <chris@sonnengesicht.de>]

Hi,

imagine that you change for example the inheritance of cDvbDevice from cDevice 
to cMyNewSuperDuperSpezialDeviceWithTsRecoring, where some functions are not 
virtual. The resulting errors would be so hard to spot :-(

On Friday 04 June 2004 10:16, Christian Gmeiner wrote:
> > Christian Gmeiner wrote:
> > >Thanks for this info... but i will say by my habit and dont will use the
> > >keyword virtual
> > >in a childclass.
> >
> > ... which could potentially lead to strange errors, when the class
> > inheritance relationships are changed.
>
> There arn't any errors or warnings if i dont use the virtual keyword in the
> childclass.
> I have this done for years now and i dont know why i should change. Also i
> am
> coding not in console but in an IDE, which has nice colors and infos about
> each function,
> so i really dont need the virtual keyword in a childclass.
>
> Christian

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Viele Grüße
Christian