how can I forbit inheritance?

[Chameleon]

In my library, I have classes's members which are not virtual and I want
to forbit inheritance for these members.
Is this possible?

Something like "final" keyword in java.


class A {
void member();
}

class B : public A {
void member(); // I want a fatal compile error here
}

 

[dasjotre]

In my library, I have classes's members which are not virtual and I want
to forbit inheritance for these members.
Is this possible?

Something like "final" keyword in java.


class A {
void member();
}

class B : public A {
void member(); // I want a fatal compile error here
}

check FAQ.

 

[Geo]

In my library, I have classes's members which are not virtual and I want
to forbit inheritance for these members.
Is this possible?

Something like "final" keyword in java.


class A {
void member();
}

class B : public A {
void member(); // I want a fatal compile error here
}

Why ?

 

[blairuk]

No you can't do it in C++. Perhaps leave a comment for other
developers.

ps: Why are some people so unhelpful?

 

[Noah Roberts]

No you can't do it in C++. Perhaps leave a comment for other
developers.

ps: Why are some people so unhelpful?

Maybe they didn't know the answer.

 

[mlimber]

Fatal to whom? ;-)

check FAQ.

Specifically, see the Creator's FAQ:

http://www.research.att.com/~bs/bs_faq2.html#no-derivation

and this group's FAQ:

http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lite/strange-inheritance.html#faq-23.11

Cheers! --M

 

[Frederick Gotham]

Chameleon:

In my library, I have classes's members which are not virtual and I want
to forbit inheritance for these members.
Is this possible?

class MyClass { /* Don't inherit from this! */

};

 

[Geo]

No you can't do it in C++. Perhaps leave a comment for other
developers.

ps: Why are some people so unhelpful?

Who did you think was unhelpful ?

The o/p was obviously too lazy to look in the FAQ, which covers this
quite well, and I have still to see any valid reason anyone would want
to impose this restriction anyway !

 

[dasjotre]

No you can't do it in C++. Perhaps leave a comment for other
developers.

yes you can,

ps: Why are some people so unhelpful?

why some people post incorrect answers to
questions already covered in FAQ :->

 

[blairuk]

are you sure?

yes you can,


why some people post incorrect answers to
questions already covered in FAQ :->

 

[=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Erik_Wikstr=F6m?=]

>
are you sure?

Since you top-posted (fixed now) it's hard to determine whether your
reply was to the fact that it's possible to make classes un-inheritable
or to the fact that some people post incorrect answers already answered
in the FAQ. However the answers to both those questions can be found in
the FAQ, section 23.11 "How can I set up my class so it won't be
inherited from?". In another section it also states that you should not
top-post, but finding that is left as an exercise.

 

[blairuk]

I am not sure what top-posting is but I believe the original question
was about stopping class members from being overridden as opposed to
stopping a class from being inherited from. Or at least that's how I
read it and I suspect most people did. Yes it's covered in the FAQ but
in section 23.12.

 

[Default User]

I am not sure what top-posting is

Your replies belong following or interspersed with properly trimmed
quotes. See the majority of other posts in the newsgroup, or the group
FAQ list:
<http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lite/how-to-post.html>

 

[blairuk]

Your replies belong following or interspersed with properly trimmed
quotes. See the majority of other posts in the newsgroup, or the group
FAQ list:
<http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lite/how-to-post.html>

Okay thanks. I had been just using the default Google Groups behavior
but will make amends.