The following code example is taken from the book
C++ Templates - The Complete Guide, 2nd Edition
by David Vandevoorde, Nicolai M. Josuttis, and Douglas Gregor,
Addison-Wesley, 2017
© Copyright David Vandevoorde, Nicolai M. Josuttis, Douglas Gregor 2017
#include <iostream>
class Empty {
using Int = int; // type alias members don't make a class nonempty
};
class EmptyToo : public Empty {
};
class NonEmpty : public Empty, public EmptyToo {
};
int main()
{
std::cout << "sizeof(Empty): " << sizeof(Empty) << '\n';
std::cout << "sizeof(EmptyToo): " << sizeof(EmptyToo) << '\n';
std::cout << "sizeof(NonEmpty): " << sizeof(NonEmpty) << '\n';
}