Introduction to C++ Dynamic Binding and User Defined Type Conversions

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Overriding vs. Hiding

nThere are two major differences between hiding and overriding.

äHiding has no requirements on the signatures whereas overriding requires exactly the same signature and return type.

äSecond, hiding uses the static type of the object at compile time to determine which member function to bind whereas overriding uses the dynamic type of the object at run time to determine which member function to bind.