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diamond problems

diamond problems is the plural of diamond problem.

Meaning of diamond problem

Noun

diamond problem (plural diamond problems)

  1. (object-oriented programming) The ambiguity that arises when two classes B and C inherit from A, and a further class D inherits from both B and C, so that if there is a method in A that B and/or C has overridden, and D does not override it, it is unclear which version of the method D should inherit.

Questions about diamond problems

What is diamond problems the plural of?
Diamond problems is the plural of diamond problem.

Words near diamond problems in the dictionary

  1. diamond plate
  2. diamond plates
  3. diamond poem
  4. diamond poems
  5. diamond problem
  6. diamond problems
  7. diamond python
  8. diamond pythons
  9. diamond ring
  10. diamond rings
  11. diamond saw

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