Overloading vs. object technology
Meyer, Bertrand
Overloading vs. object technology
This convention, "saying nothing means new plus a warning," seems to be an effort at addressing a minor potential problem by causing major potential damage. How real is the minor problem anyway? If one of your classes inherits from A and you get a new version of A, it would be very foolish to accept the new version blindly; you should check that it does not affect the assumptions that your class made about its parents
SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT
METHODS
SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT
OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING
H004.415 JOU
Overloading vs. object technology
This convention, "saying nothing means new plus a warning," seems to be an effort at addressing a minor potential problem by causing major potential damage. How real is the minor problem anyway? If one of your classes inherits from A and you get a new version of A, it would be very foolish to accept the new version blindly; you should check that it does not affect the assumptions that your class made about its parents
SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT
METHODS
SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT
OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING
H004.415 JOU