Question

this is what I want to be able to do: (pseudo code)

class DerivedClass : public BaseClass
{
    public Draw()
    {
        BaseClass.Draw()
    }
}

class BaseClass
{
    protected Draw();
}

Both draws have the same name and the same signature. The reason for wanting to do this is that sometimes I want my derived classes to have a draw function that simply calls the Base Classes draw, but at other times I want the derived class to choose when to call the base draw function or not. This meant that I can keep the class that I instantiate the derived classes in much cleaner, and can just call draw on all of them at all times. The derived classes themselves handle the nitty-gritty.

What exactly is the syntax for the BaseClass.Draw part? I thought you could actually just write that as it is, but the compiler is complaining, and it’s not like I can just call Draw because the signatures are the same.

Answer 1

The syntax is BaseClass::Draw().