c++ - How to call a parent class function from derived class function?

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How do I call the parent function from
a derived class using C++? For example, I have a class called
parent, and a class called child which
is derived from parent. Within
each class there is a
print function. In the definition of the child's print function
I would like to make a call to the parents print function. How would I go about doing
this?

Answer

I'll take the risk of stating the obvious:
You call the function, if it's defined in the base class it's automatically available in
the derived class (unless it's
private).

If
there is a function with the same signature in the derived class you can disambiguate it
by adding the base class's name followed by two colons
base_class::foo(...). You should note that unlike Java and C#,
C++ does not have a keyword for "the base class"
(super or base) since C++ supports
rel="noreferrer">multiple inheritance which may lead to
ambiguity.

class left
            {
public:
 void foo();
};

class right
            {
public:
 void
            foo();

};

class bottom : public left, public
            right {
public:
 void foo()
 {
 //base::foo();//
            ambiguous
 left::foo();

            right::foo();


 // and when foo() is not called for
            'this':
 bottom b;
 b.left::foo(); // calls b.foo() from
            'left'
 b.right::foo(); // call b.foo() from 'right'

            }
};

Incidentally,
you can't derive directly from the same class twice since there will be no way to refer
to one of the base classes over the
other.

class bottom :
            public left, public left { //
            Illegal
};