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  1. 09-09-2009, 02:47 PM #1
    ColbyCheeze
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    Virtual keyword

    Having trouble seeing what the difference between putting the virtual keyword in a function and not having it all is.

    Anybody have an example of how putting the virtual keyword would change the behavior of something?
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    I just looked and found this(hadn't heard of use of the keyword virtual before for ActionsScript): http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3...erformance-hit

    So it apparently doesn't matter at the moment.

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    Oh alright...thanks that cleared that up. It was starting to bug me, because I've seen it used several times in other people's code. I assume they are just used to using it in C++ so they probably figured they had to use it here.
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  4. 09-25-2009, 08:54 PM #4
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    I use the virtual keyword to make it clear which methods I intend to or have overridden. I know that there's no difference to the compiled code, but it's nice to make it really clear.

    Just pointing out that there are reasons other than ignorance for using the reserved keywords.
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