Why isn't a non overridden overloaded function being inherited when I override one of its other overloads?

Question

Say that six times fast... Why doesn't this compile in MSVC 2010?

class A {
public:
    void foo(int a, int b) { };
    void foo(int a) { };
};
class B: public A {
public:
    void foo(int a, int b) { }; // <-- comment this out to compile
};

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
    B b;
    b.foo(1); // <-- doesn't compile... shouldn't B just inherit this overload?
}

How did you find that so fast? I searched for awhile. I didn't use the word resolution though. — johnnycrash, May 06 '14 at 02:58
Thanks for the answer, that was all i needed. So if its a duplicate, how do I remove it? — johnnycrash, May 06 '14 at 03:14
You can delete your own question but not if it has an upvoted answer, or more than 1 answers. — sashoalm, May 09 '14 at 15:14

kec · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-06T03:02:16.533

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When you override, you override the name, not the specific overload. So it hides all overloads from the base class. To address, you can put using A::foo; in your derived class to bring the overloads down into B.

edited May 06 '14 at 03:02

answered May 06 '14 at 02:58

kec

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Why isn't a non overridden overloaded function being inherited when I override one of its other overloads?

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