Question

class base
{
public:
    void virtual func(){cout<<"base";}
    void check()
    {
        func();
    }
};
class derived: public base
{
public:
    void func(){cout<<"dervied";}
};
int main()
{
    base *obj = new derived();
    obj->check();
    return 0;
}

Above code prints derived on the console.
Now, I understand the concept of virtual functions but I’m unable to apply it here. In my understanding whenever we call a virtual function, compiler modifies the call to "this->vptr->virtualfunc()" and that’s how most heavily derived’s class function gets invoked. But in this case, since check() is not a virtual function, how does the compiler determine that it needs to invoke func() of derived?

Answer 1

how does the compiler determine that it needs to invoke func() of derived?

In the same exat way – by invoking this->vptr->virtualfunc(). Recall that this belongs to the derived class even inside the base class, because each derived class is a base class as well, so the same way of accessing virtual functions works for it too.