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Date: 17 Apr 92 23:52:20 GMT
From: widget!jgg@uunet.uu.net  (Xmiester)
Subject: Re: Ada vs. C++ Paper (was Re: Why ADA?)
Message-ID: <1992Apr17.235220.19786@widget!uunet.uu.net>
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>
>One problem with C++'s inheritance is naming conflicts.  If an operation
>is given by a parent and a grandparent have the same name, the user must
>explicitly name the grandparent in the call if they wish to invoke that
>operation.  This completely violates the infoirmation hiding OO was
>supposed to provide us. 

Isn't this a contradictory statement ?  If you're trying to access
a grandparent of a class you inherit from, you've thrown away *information*
hiding right off the bat.



-- 
John Goodsen
goodsenj@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu