Question

Please tell me if there is a way to manually implement the Microsoft specific __super macro…

Answer 1

class Base{
public:
  void func(){
    // something
  }
};

class Derived : public Base{
public:
  void func(){
    Base::func(); // just use the base class name
  }
};

Though I assume that’s not what you want and you want a generic access for every class? I don’t know of a direct solution, but you can always typedef your immediate base class:

class Derived : public Base{
  typedef Base super; // typedef accordingly in every class
public:
  void func(){
    super::func();
  }
};

Or even have an intermediate class just for the typedef if you really want..

template<class Base>
struct AddSuper : public Base {
protected:
  typedef Base super;
};

class Derived : public AddSuper<Base> {
public:
  void func(){
    super::func();
  }
};

Note that you should not forget to retypedef in every derived class, else you’ll get holes in your call-chain.

One drawback: The whole construct blows up with multiple base classes. :/