Re: c++ virtual base classes

[flatmax <flatmax at cse dot unsw dot EDU dot AU>]

On Thu, 8 Jul 1999, Branko Cibej wrote:

> What you want is this:
> 
>      class topLevel {
>        public:
>          static VBase vb;
>      };
> 
>      static VBase topLevel::vb;

Yep - this is how I overcame the problem before I mailed the list.
None the less, I still think static classes should be allowed either using
:
class topLevel : static public VBase {};
OR
static class VBase {};

There must be some ingrained reason for not allowing these constructs ?

Matt
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