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- From: orpheus@reed.edu (P. Hawthorne)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.oop.misc
- Subject: The Member Function: Spawn Of Satan?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec13.144549.24447@reed.edu>
- Date: 13 Dec 92 14:45:49 GMT
- Article-I.D.: reed.1992Dec13.144549.24447
- Organization: Reed College, Portland OR
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- In Object C and Pascal, the member function reveals whether a given object
- is descended from a given class. I wonder if it is good or bad to use it.
- It seems un-structured. What would Djikstra say?
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- When I use it, I invariably feel guilty. I worry that perhaps a seriously
- abstract class variable could formalize whatever notions are at work. Or I
- think that it is a kludge so that I can put off a total overhaul until I
- figure out how to work in the exceptional classes. That sort of thing.
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- So then, am I just an OO-prude?
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- Dumbfounded,
- Theus (orpheus@reed.edu)
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