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- Item 8388841 1-Dec-89 13:56
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- From: D1282 Power Up,PRT
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- To: MACAPP.TECH$ MacApp Technical
- D2022 Strata, Gary Bringhurst,PRT
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- Sub: Multiple Inheritance
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- Attn: MacApp.Tech$
- Attn: Strata, Gary Bringhurst,PRT
- SentBy: James Plamondon
- Date 12/1/89
- Subject Multiple Inheritance
- From James Plamondon
- To Strata, Gary Bringhurst,PRT
- CC Mark Gilford
- MacApp.Tech$
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- Reply to: Multiple Inheritance
- Dear Mr. Bringhurst,
-
- It happens (perhaps by intention) that the exact example of an inheritance
- tree that you describe is dicussed in Meyer's book ("Object -Oriented Software
- Construction," Bertrand Meyer, Prentice-Hall, 1988) on pages 274-279. The
- issue that you raise in your link is called the "repeated inheritance problem"
- in the literature.
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- Eiffel deals with the problem quite nicely — so well that it is no longer a
- problem. Rather than reiterate the discussion here, I will simply refer you
- to the book.
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- Enjoy!
-
- James Plamondon
- Software Engineer
- PowerUp! Software
- 2929 Campus Drive, Suite 300
- San Mateo, CA 94403
- (415) 345-5900 x351
- AppleLink: PowerUp.Eng
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