[Development] Is overriding an existing virtual method 'BC' in Qt 4?

[João Abecasis]

Thiago Macieira wrote:
> But note that there's one stricter requirement: the forwards compatibility
> that applies within a patch series. Adding this new virtual within the same
> patch series means a new, public symbol, which could get used in applications.

I don't know how to fix this, but is there a hard technical reason why
the reimplementation of a virtual function needs to be *exported*?

Cheers,


João