When multiple inheritance is used, it is sometimes necessary to use virtual inheritance. A good example for this is the standard iostream class hierarchy:
//Note: this is a simplified description of iostream classes
class ostream: virtual public ios { /*..*/ }
class istream: virtual public ios { /*..*/ }
class iostream : public istream, public ostream { /*..*/ } //a single ios inherited
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