Can I overload pure virtual method in the base class?

Question

In the example below I have a abstract class with pure virtual method (aka FUN1) and a normal method (aka FUN2).

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Answer 1

This is how derived class member lookup works: in the expression b.fun(), fun is first looked up in the scope of class B, and the lookup finds B::fun(int). So it stops and never finds A::fun().

Relevant section of the standard is 10.2 [class.member.lookup]/4:

If C contains a declaration of the name f, the declaration set contains every declaration of f declared in C that satisfies the requirements of the language construct in which the lookup occurs. (...) If the resulting declaration set is not empty, the subobject set contains C itself, and calculation is complete.

To make the base class function directly accessible you can use a using declaration in the derived class, i.e. using A::fun;.

For methods that are implemented in the base class an alternative is sometimes to qualify to call, i.e. b.A::fun().