Thread: Queries regarding virtual pointer and virtual function

1: If the base class has a virtual function and
then the derived class also has function under the same name, is it possible that even the derived class will have a virtual table despite the common named function of derived class being non-virtual? (Asked because in a lot of examples it has been taken as virtual even in derived class)

2: Does the v_ptr (virtual pointer) added into the BASE class by compiler added as public so that it can be inherited by derived class and it can point to the v_table of that derived class?

1) If the derived member is declared non-virtual, then the derived function hides the base function instead. Since it's not virtual, the class is not virtual, so it needs no virtual function table. EDIT: Actually, a derived function with the same signature as the base is always going to be virtual if the base is. I just remembered this now. If the signature is slightly different (e.g. different return type), then it would hide the base function and would not be virtual unless declared virtual.
2) It's not public in the sense that the derived class can read it. The vptr table is an implementation detail that only the compiler knows about. So it does make sense for derived class, or any class for that matter, to be able to read it.