Re: Sugestion to Multiple Inheritance

[John English <je@brighton.ac.uk>]

Hyman Rosen wrote:
> 
> Richard Riehle wrote:
>  > Multiple inheritance is just one feature
> 
> > I find, if not a disaster, at least, as you say, overly-complicated,
> > and inconvenient.
> 
> Actually, the complications are in the compiler, because of technical
> aspects of how objects must behave during their construction. In use,
> MI works for C++ users pretty much exactly as they expect.

Unless you have a diamond-shaped hierarchy:
              A
             / \
            B   C
             \ /
              D
in which case you get into the nasty world of virtual base classes
and the assorted surprises that they bring with them. Anyone who
finds that MI works "pretty much exactly as they expect" in this
situation has a better imagination than average, IMHO.

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