Object-Oriented Programming · Question 9 · Medium

In C++, how is the "diamond problem" (two copies of a common base class through multiple inheritance) avoided?

  1. Friend functions
  2. Operator overloading
  3. Templates
  4. Virtual inheritance
Answer and explanation

Answer: D. Virtual inheritance

Explanation: Declaring the intermediate classes with virtual inheritance (class B : virtual public A) makes the most-derived class share a single subobject of A.

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