overloading free functions and inheritance

[sb]

void f(const base& x) {}

class derived : public base {};

void f(const derived& x) {
//
//... Can I call the other f from here?
//
}

 

[Victor Bazarov]

void f(const base& x) {}

class derived : public base {};

void f(const derived& x) {
//
//... Can I call the other f from here?
//
}

You could try:

f(static_cast<const base&>(x));

Victor