18.3.3. Class Scope under Multiple Inheritance
Under single inheritance, the scope of a derived class is nested within the scope of its direct and indirect base classes (§ 15.6, p. 617). Lookup happens by searching up the inheritance hierarchy until the given name is found. Names defined in a derived class hide uses of that name inside a base.
Under multiple inheritance, this same lookup happens simultaneously among all the direct base classes. If a name is found through more than one base class, then use of that name is ambiguous.
Exercises Section 18.3.2
Exercise 18.23: Using the hierarchy in exercise 18.22 along with class D defined below, and assuming each class defines a default constructor, which, if any, of the following conversions are ...
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