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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: Inherited Methods and such
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Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:54:23 +0200
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On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:39:46 -0400, Robert A Duff wrote:

>  If the answer is
> "no", please give a realistic example where dispatching during
> construction makes sense.

You construct a GUI window. There is a hierarchy of. The base constructor
might wish to know what kind of border the window has.

type Window is ...;
function Get_Border_Type (X : Window) return ... is abstract;

type Dialog_Frame is new Window with private;
function Get_Border_Type (X : Dialog_Frame return ...;

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