Re: Multiple Inheritance
colint wrote:
Hi
I'm fairly new to c++ and I have a question regarding inheritance. I'm
trying to create a class based on 2 inherited classes, e.g.
class A
{
..
}
class B: public A
{
..
}
class C: public B
{
..
}
The problem I'm having is how to ensure I have only 1 instance of class
A, as at the moment I have 2 calls to the constructor/destructor of A
for 1 instance of C.
You shouldn't have a problem in the above code. I suspect you omitted
something.
Will virtual inheritance solve this?
I have tried
class A
{
..
}
class B: virtual public A
{
..
}
class C: public B
{
..
}
See this FAQ and the one following on virtual inheritance:
http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lite/multiple-inheritance.html#faq-25.8
But avoid inheritance if you don't need it. Multiple inheritance can
often (but certainly not always) indicate design problems. You should
use the weakest relationship between two classes that you can.
Composition is a weak relationship; inheritance is a strong
relationship.
Cheers! --M
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