If a class derives from more than one class and the parent classes have virtual methods, then the vtable for the derived class will be a combination of the vtables of its parents arranged in the order in which the parent classes were listed in the derivation list:
If the object is accessed through a base class pointer, the vptr has access to the part of the vtable relevant to that base class.
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