C# and method hiding

Question

Per MSDN, the \"new\" keyword when used for method hiding only suppresses a warning.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/435f1dw2.aspx

Do I really need

Answer 1

The use of new is when you want a function of the same name, but you don't want to override. It breaks the virtual dispatch chain.

This might happen when somebody adds a function to a base class that has the same name as your derived class function.