Re: How does multiple inheritance work internally?
responsible wrote:
Hi,
Please have a look at this very small piece of code...
class Base1{
public:
Base1():x(5){}
int x;
};
class Base2{
public:
Base2():y(7){}
int y;
};
class Base3{
public:
Base3():z(9){}
int z;
};
class Derived:public Base1, public Base2,public Base3{
public:
Derived():w(12){}
int w;
};
int main(void)
{
Derived* p_d = new Derived;
Base1* p_b1 = dynamic_cast<Base1*> (p_d);
Base2* p_b2 = dynamic_cast<Base2*> (p_d);
Base3* p_b3 = dynamic_cast<Base3*> (p_d);
There is no need to cast from derived class to a base class.
Derived* p_d2 = static_cast<Derived*> (p_b2);
delete p_d;
return 0;
}
The code just has 3 base classes, and one class that derives from all
three of them.
Now, when I cast from Derived to any of the bases, I understand that
the pointer value may change because otherwise the new pointer will
not be able to figure out where the virtual table entry is, right?
Maybe. It's implementation dependant.
My question, however, is, how does performing the static cast from
Base2* to Derived* "know" that it should change the address back?
Because it knows where the Base2 part is within a Derived, since it has
definitions of both classes.
The code surprisingly works fine (when you cast a Base2* to a Derived* it
automatically decrements the pointer by 4 bytes.)
Is this behavior part of the C++ language?
If by "this behavior", you mean that a static_cast from pointer to base to
pointer to derived works, yes.
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