Why is the below code not ambiguous and how it works fine?
#include <QCoreApplication>
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
class Shape{
public:
virtual void drawShape(){
cout << "this is base class and virtual function\n";
}
};
class Line : public Shape{
public:
virtual void drawShape(){
cout << "I am a line\n";
}
};
class Circle : public Shape{
public:
virtual void drawShape(){
cout <<" I am circle\n";
}
};
class Child : public Line, public Circle{
public:
virtual void drawShape(){
cout << "I am child :)\n";
}
};
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
QCoreApplication a(argc, argv);
//Shape *s;
//Line l;
Child ch;
//s = &l;
//s = &ch;
ch.drawShape(); // this is ambiguous right? but it executes properly!
//s->drawShape();
return a.exec();
}
It isn't ambiguous because Child
defines it's own override of drawShape
, and ch.drawShape
will call that function. If Child
did not provide an override of drawShape
then the call would be ambiguous.