Re: CreateInstance
"George" <George@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Hi Igor,
From technical point of view, actually I do not think Diamond pattern will
bring any ambiguity issue if no data members, for example in my case,
convert
from CA to IUnknown directly. It is just a fixed compiler rule.
There is no ambiguity on member reference. However, there IS an ambiguity
in the address of the subobjects. There are two v-table pointers in the
object. Both v-tables start with the same IUnknown member functions, and
each then contains the IX- or IY-specific members.
regards,
George
"Igor Tandetnik" wrote:
"George" <George@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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My point is Diamond pattern applies (duplicate Base class) even if
all the involved classes have no data members, right?
Right.
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With best wishes,
Igor Tandetnik
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