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Static Binding
nStatic binding guarantees that we will never associate a
member function of a derived class
with an object of a direct or
indirect base class.
nIf that were to happen, the member function would attempt to access data members that do not exist in the object. That is because a base class object does not
have an "is a"
relationship with a derived class object.
nOf course, we can go the
other way around. That is, we can
associate a member function of a direct or indirect base class with an object of a derived class as long as that member function is accessible (i.e., public).
nThat is what inheritance
is all about and it works because
we have an "is a" relationship.