如何在没有多态效应的情况下调用虚方法？

Question

I have reference ref :

Foo &ref = ..

I would like to call a method ref.say() which is defined as virtual in Foo and I know for sure it is overridden in child classes (because I wrote them as well).

However I would like to call say as if it was not polymorphic, so the version which is defined in Foo, not in child classes.

How to do it?

One thing that comes to my mind is to take pointer of ref , than dereference it and this trick should kill polymorphism, but I am not sure if this is guaranteed to take desired effect.

Please note, I am not sitting inside Foo or any of its child, the Foo tree is external structure from my current POV.

Answer 1

How about

ref.Foo::say();

This what you looking for?