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Template member function virtual?
Why are templated virtual member functions not allowed?
I was just playing around a bit with some sample code and the following code snippet gives me the error
"member function templates cannot be virtual"
#include<iostream.h>
#include<stdio.h>
class Base
{
public:
template <class T> virtual void doSomething(T genVar,int val){}
};
class derivedCl:public Base
{
public:
template <class T> virtual void doSomething(T genVar, char ch){}
};
Is this a rule which the standard dictates and if so why?
Edit: I did a search before asking the Q but the dup never showed up. Now that Sbi pointed it out, I would vote for closing this one. Thanks!
