"Carter Smithhart" <carter.l.smithhart@boeing.com> ha scritto nel messagg=
io
news:GwFByt.DG9@news.boeing.com...
> Given two classes A and B, is this legal?
[snip]

Yes, and it doesn't even require that the virtual functions return the ty=
pe
of the enclosing class. Any couple of classes with a base/inherited relat=
ion
would do the trick.

> If the link to where this is discussed in the standard could be provide=
d,
> that would be much appreciated.

=A710.3p5. This feature is called 'covariant return types' among friends.

Giovanni Bajo

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