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From: "Jerry Coffin" <jcoffin@taeus.com>
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Subject: Re: Teaching new tricks to an old dog (C++ -->Ada)
Date: 23 Mar 2005 22:01:01 -0800
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Ioannis Vranos wrote:
> Wes Groleau wrote:
>
> > Class Wagon has method Draw.
> > Class Picture has method Draw.
> >
> > If you multiply inherit to make
> > Class Picture_Of_A_Wagon, what does the method Draw do?
>
> In C++ you will get an error message until you define a newer version
> of Draw for Picture_Of_A_Wagon class.

Not so -- until or unless you _call_ the function (without qualifying
its name) there's no ambiguity. When/if ambiguity does arise, you can
resolve it without adding a function to the derived class.

--
    Later,
    Jerry.

The universe is a figment of its own imagination.