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gjulianm on March 16, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: How C++ Resolves a Function Call

The point of the article is not to manually resolve all function calls. Understanding the algorithm allows you to see why a compiler sometimes doesn't choose the function you want and fix it.

unnouinceput on March 16, 2021 [–]

*doesn't chose the function you wish for

- there, I fixed for you. The compiler doesn't chose on its own whim, it's you who made mistakes and a good IDE allows you to correct it.

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