Re: sc_port, sc_export binding overload and base classes

Hi Jerome,

>* The various bind() and operator() methods are not declared virtual.
>This means that when someone wants to overload these methods in a user
>class derived from
>sc_port or sc_export, he has to declare and provide implementation for
>all the variants.

I'm afraid that your proposal to make bind and operator() virtual will not
fix that! If you want to override
one version of these methods and still access the inherited overloadeds,
you can add a using declaration
to the derived class (e.g. using port_base_class::bind;), you do not need
to change the LRM.

The bind operator takes a templated port argument (rather than using
sc_port_base) because the port
is used to access the interface methods which are not present in the
generic sc_port_base class: You
cannot call the interface methods using a sc_port_base reference (without
using a dynamic cast) so I
don't think this proposal is realistic either.

Regards,
Dave

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