C# Inherited member variables behaving undexpectedly
- by Nilbert
If I have a class like this:
class A {
public string fe = "A";
}
And a class that inherits from it like so:
class B : A {
public string fe = "B";
}
Visual C++ will tell me that B.fe hides A.fe so I should use the new keyword. So I change class B to look like:
class B : A {
public new string fe = "B";
}
And then I have a function that takes an A (but, by virtue of inheritance, will also take a B) like this:
class D {
public static void blah(A anAObject) {
Console.Writeline(A.fe);
}
}
Even when I pass it an instance of a B object, which it will take without question, it will print "A"! Why is this, and how can I make it work how I want without setting the variable in the constructor?
