Virtual inheritance and static inheritance - mixing in C++

Question

If you have something like this:

#include 

template class A
{
public:
    void func()
    {
        T::func();
    }
};

c         


        

Answer 1

In your particular example, there's no need for dynamic dispatch because the type of c is known at compile time. The call to B::func will be hard coded.

If you were calling func through a B*, then you would be calling a virtual function. But in your highly contrived example, that would get you to B::func once again.

It doesn't make much sense to talk about dynamic dispatch from an A* since A is a template class - you can't make a generic A, only one that is bound to a particular subclass.