Is method hiding ever a good idea

Question

In C# the new modifier can be used to hide a base class method without overriding the base class method.

I\'ve never encountered a situation where hidin

Answer 1

There are rare, but very good, reasons to use method hiding. Eric Lippert posted a great example on his blog:

interface IEnumerable : IEnumerable { 
  new IEnumerator GetEnumerator(); 
}

However, I think hiding should be the exception, and only used sparingly.