Question

In C# the new modifier can be used to hide a base class method without overriding the base class method.

I’ve never encountered a situation where hiding a method was the best choice available. Are there any situations where method hiding is the best choice?

Answer 1

There are rare, but very good, reasons to use method hiding. Eric Lippert posted a great example on his blog:

interface IEnumerable<T> : IEnumerable { 
  new IEnumerator<T> GetEnumerator(); 
}

However, I think hiding should be the exception, and only used sparingly.