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C# Intermediate C# Polymorphism Override vs New

Posted by Winston Grant
Winston Grant
4,364 Points

new vs override

Wouldn't it be more advantages of us to not create a method or field to override instead of using the new keyword?

Donald Azevedo
Donald Azevedo
3,900 Points
Donald Azevedo
Donald Azevedo
3,900 Points

The only instance I can think the "new" approach would be appropriate is a circumstance where you need to access both the child's and the base's properties of the same type.

No doubt, it is hard to justify this redundancy in most circumstances.