Quoting F J Franklin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I'm wondering what you're trying to do that might require multiple > > inheritance. > > I've been thinking for a few weeks about importers, particularly w.r.t. > XML, e.g.: > > class ABI_EXPORT IE_Imp > class ABI_EXPORT IE_Imp_XML : public IE_Imp > class ABI_EXPORT IE_Imp_XHTML : public IE_Imp_XML > > thinking that XML import really ought to be more fundamental, so that > > class ABI_EXPORT IE_Imp_XML : public IE_Imp, UT_XML > > if that's the correct syntax.
This is sweet, esp. since I was talking about my doing this yesterday on IRC. Please feel free to do this. The SVG and XAP_Prefs stuff will greatly benefit from this. > If it's just old versions of G++ that have problems with multiple > inheritance, is it worth consigning that piece of folklore to the > fairy-tale books as a story to frighten our children with? IIRC, solaris compilers have issues with this too. But then there's always g++ on solarisfreeware.com ... You have my blessing. Dom
