Overriding static variables when subclassing

Question

I have a class, lets call it A, and within that class definition I have the following:

static QPainterPath *path;

Which is to say, I\'m dec

Answer 1

I haven't tested this, but introducing a virtual function:

struct Base {

    void paint() {
         APath * p = getPath();
         // do something with p
    }

    virtual APath * getPath() {
         return myPath;
    }

    static APath * myPath;
};

struct Derived : public Base  {

    APath * getPath() {
         return myPath;
    }
    static APath * myPath;
};

may be what you want. Note you still have to define the two statics somewhere:

APath * Base::myPath = 0;
APath * Derived::myPath = 0;