Why should I use the “using” keyword to access my base class method?

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The action declared in the derived class hides the action declared in the base class. If you use action on a Son object the compiler will search in the methods declared in Son, find one called action, and use that. It won’t go on to search in the base class’s methods, since it already found a matching name.

Then that method doesn’t match the parameters of the call and you get an error.

See also the C++ FAQ for more explanations on this topic.

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