Re: multiple inheritance ambiguity question
PuzzledwithC++ wrote:
HI,
consider the code below
class base
{
public:
void display()
{ }
};
class der1:public base
{
};
class der2:public base
{
};
class client :public der1,public der2
{
public:
void test()
{
//display();//ambigous call.Compilation error.
base::display();//no compilation error.
}
};
void main()
{
client cl;
cl.test();
}
So calling display() inside client::test() will give a valid
compilation error.
But when I call base::display(),the program runs fine.
My confusion is when I call base::display(),which base is being
recognized here?.Is it a base part from der1 or der2.?
I believe the call base::display() gets modified like
static_cast<der1*>(this)->base::display().
Compiler bug. base::display() is ambiguous, for the same reason that
display() is ambiguous.
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