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Stephen Leake wrote:
> C++ does not have anything directly corresponding to static dispatch.

If class C contains method F, and object O is of a class derived from C,
then the call O.C::F() will invoke the method F defined in C, regardless
of whether F is virtual and overridden. Do you mean something else?