avoiding if statements

Question

I was thinking about object oriented design today, and I was wondering if you should avoid if statements. My thought is that in any case where you require an if statement you ca

Answer 1

In some ways this can be a good idea. Swiching on a type field inside an object is usually a bad idea when you can use virtual functtions instead. But the virtual function mechanism is in no way intended to replace the if() test in general.