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  3. From: comeau@csanta.attmail.com (Greg Comeau)
  4. Subject: Re: C++ virtuals (Was: How easy is it to disassemble MS-DOS programs?
  5. Message-ID: <Brts5B.BHI@well.sf.ca.us>
  6. Originator: comeau@well.sf.ca.us
  7. Sender: news@well.sf.ca.us
  8. Reply-To: comeau@csanta.attmail.com (Greg Comeau)
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  10. References: <1992Jul14.161737.1321@beaver.cs.washington.edu> <Brq3Hv.n2o@well.sf.ca.us> <1992Jul21.161240.15119@beaver.cs.washington.edu>
  11. Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 04:51:11 GMT
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  14. In article <1992Jul21.161240.15119@beaver.cs.washington.edu> wille@june.cs.washington.edu (Robert Wille) writes:
  15. >I stand corrected.  You can use the :: operator to specify which 
  16. >virtual function you want.  However, nearly all references to a 
  17. >virtual function are through data space.
  18.  
  19. Oh sure.  One uses virtual functions because of the expectations
  20. (through usage!) that they will be called virtually.  All I was
  21. saying is that they need not be called virtually (the :: doesn't
  22. dictate that though, the object that you call it through does).
  23.  
  24. - Greg
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