Item-37 Never redefine a function's inherited default parameter value
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Defaul parameter values are statically bound, while virtual function - the only functions we should be overriding - are dynamically bound.
Item-36 Never redefine an inherited non-virtaul function
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A generalized basic rule from item 7.
Item-35 Consider Alternatives to Virtual Functions
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Alternatives to virtual functions include the NVI idiom (as an example of the Template Method design pattern) and various forms of the Strategy design pattern.
Item-34 Differentiate between inheritance of interface and inheritance of implementation
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Inheritance of interface is different from inheritance of implementatino.
Item-33 Avoid hiding inherited names
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Names in derived classes hide names in base classes, which is not desirable in public inheritance. To fix it, employ using declarations or forwarding functions to make hidden names visible again.
