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Re: multiple inheritance abiguity

From: Gabriel Dos Reis <gdr at cs dot tamu dot edu>
To: Rich Johnson <rjohnson at dogstar-interactive dot com>
Cc: John Love-Jensen <eljay at adobe dot com>, gcc-help at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: 19 Jan 2006 21:17:40 -0600
Subject: Re: multiple inheritance abiguity
References: <BFF50323.8307%eljay@adobe.com> <B7D20B03-6C2C-4401-ACFE-E3BD70F2DD22@dogstar-interactive.com>

Rich Johnson <rjohnson@dogstar-interactive.com> writes:

| On Jan 19, 2006, at 9:49 AM, John Love-Jensen wrote:
| > The reason why the duplicate names cause ambiguity is based on the
| > principle
| > of least surprise.  [I'm not sure what the actual name of the
| > principle is
| > called, this is just my terminology for it.]
| 
| My frustration is that whatever ambiguity exists is _manufactured_ by
| the compiler.

The compiler implements the C++ standard requirement.  

I'm not sure vanting your frustration here will be of any help.

-- Gaby

References:
- Re: multiple inheritance abiguity
  - From: John Love-Jensen
- Re: multiple inheritance abiguity
  - From: Rich Johnson

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