Sometimes, a class inheritance diagram can take a diamond-like shape (as seen in the following diagram). This kind of class inheritance diagram can potentially lead us to a design issue known as the diamond problem:
If multiple inheritance was allowed and we encounter an inheritance tree with a diamond shape, we would not face any problems while using a method that is exclusive to only one of the classes in the inheritance tree:
var bat = new Bat(); bat.fly(); // OK bat.eat();// OK bat.breath();// OK
The problem takes place when we try to invoke one of the Bat class's parent methods, and it is unclear or ambiguous which ...
