C# Multiple Inheritance

Question

hi all.
What are those points due to which C# doesn't support multiple inheritance?

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Answer 1

Quote from the linked article below:  "The biggest problem with multiple-inheritance is that it allows for ambiguity when the compiler needs to find the correct implementation of a virtual method."


http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms973861.aspx (halfway down the page).

Answer 2

C# implements single inheritance but allows for multiple interfaces at the same time. This achieves the same end goal as would multiple inheritance without the compiler/language issues with cross multiple inheritance can have such as found in the Diamond problem of multiple inheritance. HTH

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William Wegerson (www.OmegaCoder.Com)

Answer 3

Thanks alot..

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