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9.19.5.Resolving Ambiguity in Case of Multiple Inheritance Involving Common Base Classes
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

typedef int HANDS;
enum COLOR Red, Green, Blue, Yellow, White, Black, Brown ;

class Animal        
{
  public:
    Animal(int);
    virtual ~Animal() { cout << "Animal destructor...\n"}
    virtual int GetAge() const return itsAge; }
    virtual void SetAge(int age) { itsAge = age; }
  private:
    int itsAge;
};

Animal::Animal(int age):
itsAge(age)
{
   cout << "Animal constructor...\n";
}

class Horse : public Animal
{
  public:
    Horse(COLOR color, HANDS height, int age);
    virtual ~Horse() { cout << "Horse destructor...\n"}
    virtual void Whinny()const cout << "Whinny!... "}
    virtual HANDS GetHeight() const return itsHeight; }
    virtual COLOR GetColor() const return itsColor; }
  protected:
    HANDS itsHeight;
    COLOR itsColor;
};

Horse::Horse(COLOR color, HANDS height, int age):
Animal(age),
itsColor(color),itsHeight(height)
{
   cout << "Horse constructor...\n";
}

class Bird : public Animal
{
  public:
    Bird(COLOR color, bool migrates, int age);
    virtual ~Bird() {cout << "Bird destructor...\n";  }
    virtual void Chirp()const cout << "Chirp... ";  }
    virtual void Fly()constcout << "fly! "}
    virtual COLOR GetColor()const return itsColor; }
    virtual bool GetMigration() const return itsMigration; }
  protected:
    COLOR itsColor;
    bool itsMigration;
};

Bird::Bird(COLOR color, bool migrates, int age):
Animal(age),
itsColor(color), itsMigration(migrates)
{
   cout << "Bird constructor...\n";
}

class Pegasus : public Horse, public Bird
{
  public:
    void Chirp()const Whinny()}
    Pegasus(COLOR, HANDS, bool, long, int);
    virtual ~Pegasus() {cout << "Pegasus destructor...\n";}
    virtual long GetNumberBelievers() const
    return  itsNumberBelievers; }
    virtual COLOR GetColor()const return Horse::itsColor; }
    virtual int GetAge() const return Horse::GetAge()}
  private:
    long itsNumberBelievers;
};

Pegasus::Pegasus(
   COLOR aColor,
   HANDS height,
   bool migrates,
   long NumBelieve,
   int age):
   Horse(aColor, height,age),
   Bird(aColor, migrates,age),
   itsNumberBelievers(NumBelieve)
{
   cout << "Pegasus constructor...\n";
}

int main()
{
   Pegasus *pPeg = new Pegasus(Red, 5, true, 102);
   int age = pPeg->GetAge();
   cout << "This pegasus is " << age << " years old.\n";
   delete pPeg;
   return 0;
}
9.19.multiple base classes
9.19.1.An example of multiple base classes.
9.19.2.multiple inheritance with employees and degrees
9.19.3.multiple inheritance with English Distances
9.19.4.Multiple Inheritance to have the features from both parent
9.19.5.Resolving Ambiguity in Case of Multiple Inheritance Involving Common Base Classes
9.19.6.Multiple Inheritance in both private and public way
9.19.7.In cases of multiple inheritance: Constructors are called in order of derivation, destructors in reverse order
9.19.8.Multiple inheritance example
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