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In article IAA16749@ncar.ucar.EDU, weber@ezibk8.vmsmail.ethz.ch writes:
> 
>// I am not sure how to interprate the ARM (or the Draft C++ Standard) 
>// with regard to the initialization of a virtual base class.
>
 ... V is a virtual base class of A

>class C2: public A, public B{
>public:
>    C2(int i): A(i){}
>};
>
>// C2 is not directly derived from V. In this case I don't think the base
>// class should still be initialized by the most derived class.

Yes it should. The most-derived class initializes all the virtual base
classes in its hierarchy, whether the virtual base classes are direct
base classes or not. None of the intermediate base classes initialize
any of the virtual base classes.

It would be possible to define other (probably more complicated) rules
to specify a different order of initialization, but that is the C++ rule.  

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Steve Clamage, stephen.clamage@eng.sun.com



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