Kira Yamato wrote:
> [..] I was looking for a convincing reason why overriding
> was introduced in C++.

Overriding was introduced as part of implementation of run-time
polymorphism in the language. Without overriding it would be
useless to declare functions virtual. If they don't override,
how would the derived class provide its own behaviour for the
declared virtual function in the class it inherits?

Or did you mean you were looking for a convincing reason why
_name hiding_ was introduced in C++?

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