Suppose we have 2 classes B and C that derive from the same class – in below example:
it would be class A. We also have class D that derives from both B and C by using multiple inheritance. You can see in the figure above that the classes essentially form the shape of a diamond – which is why this problem is called the diamond problem. Now, let’s take the graphic above and make it more concrete by translating it into actual code:
/*
The Animal class below corresponds to class
A in our graphic above
*/
class Animal { /* ... */ }; // base class
{
int weight;
public:
int getWeight() { return weight;};
};
class Tiger : public Animal { /* ... */ };
class Lion : public Animal { /* ... */ }
class Liger : public Tiger, public Lion { /* ... */ };
