Timeline for What are some practical uses of the "new" modifier in C# with respect to hiding?
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| Jun 21, 2012 at 18:08 | comment | added | umlcat | @Joel Etherton: As you may alredy know, sometimes developers have to "pick" others people programming code. And we may not authorized to modify, maybe extend classes. And may require to use both, the previous member & the new one. | |
| Jun 21, 2012 at 17:50 | comment | added | Joel Etherton | I'm familiar with how it works, but my question truly is Why would you want to have the previous member available through another name? This breaks all kinds of contracts, renders certain generic pieces useless. | |
| Jun 21, 2012 at 17:08 | history | answered | umlcat | CC BY-SA 3.0 |