Existing formalisms of inheritance are not sufficient to model the complexities of the kind of multiple inheritance exemplified in C++.Any satisfactory formalism must model the complicating effects of virtual and nonvirtual base classes as well as virtual and non-virtual methods.By abstracting the implementational notion of a subobject and formalizing subobject selection, we develop a formalism to model this combination of features.Not intended as a formal semantics of C++, the resulting model should nevertheless provide an essential level of understanding for language theorists and implementors in their dealings with C++ and related languages.

article Free Access Share on Issues in moving from C to C++ Authors: David R. Reed Saber Software Inc., Saber Software Inc.,View Profile , Marty Cagan Interactive Development Environments Interactive Development EnvironmentsView Profile , Ted Goldstein Sun Laboratories Sun LaboratoriesView Profile , Barbara Moo AT&T AT&TView Profile Authors Info & Claims ACM SIGPLAN NoticesVolume 26Issue 11Nov. 1991 pp 163–165https://doi.org/10.1145/118014.117966Online:01 November 1991Publication History 1citation357DownloadsMetricsTotal Citations1Total Downloads357Last 12 Months11Last 6 weeks2 Get Citation AlertsNew Citation Alert added!This alert has been successfully added and will be sent to:You will be notified whenever a record that you have chosen has been cited.To manage your alert preferences, click on the button below.Manage my AlertsNew Citation Alert!Please log in to your account Save to BinderSave to BinderCreate a New BinderNameCancelCreateExport CitationPublisher SiteeReaderPDF