On Thursday 27 March 2003 11:55 pm, John Levon wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 11:42:29PM +0000, Angus Leeming wrote:
> > template <class T>
> > class B : public T
> > {
> > public:
> > void foo()
> > {
> > if (emergency_exit)
> > ...
> > }
> > };
> >
> > > And how would "this->" assist in telling the
> > > compiler that it is from the base class (as opposed to the derived
> > > class)?
> >
> > It says that it's a member. Since it's not in B, it has to be in T.
>
> I don't get it, why does the compiler need the this-> hint at all ?
>
> I'm sure he is right but I still don't understand it intuitively.
Me neither and nor, it would appear do the folks on comp.lang.c++. Point your
news reader there and have a look at the thread
Why is "this->member_variable" better code than "member_variable"?
It's evolving all the time...
Angus
