From: jsa@alexandria (Jon S Anthony)
Subject: Re: Ada95 OOP Questions
Date: 1996/08/01
Date: 1996-08-01T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <JSA.96Aug1141352@alexandria> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 4tf3l4$4hu@masala.cc.uh.edu
In article <4toref$ksg@Masala.CC.UH.EDU> cosc19z5@Bayou.UH.EDU (Spasmo) writes:
> : IN BOTH CASES YOU PASS A PARAMETER. BOTH. BOTH. BOTH.
> : When you say "p.walk()" in C++, "p" is the first parameter!
>
> *Nod*. It was the syntax that was throwing me for a loop.
> I saw things done a particular way and immediately thought
> it to be "THE" way. My mistake.
Most people get this wrong unless they are coming from CLOS or Dylan or
some such where the Ada notation is the one used.
David writes:
> : IN SUMMARY:
>
> : 1. Both C++ and Ada pass parameters to do dispatching.
> : They have to, otherwise you wouldn't know what you're working on.
They have to because that is the way they are designed. They do not
have per object methods like some OOLs...
> : 3. Tagged type methods (aka primitive operations) inherit.
Tagged type methods are a _proper_ subset of primitive operations, they
are not the same thing. All primitive operations are inherited.
/Jon
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Thread overview: 46+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1996-07-28 0:00 Ada95 OOP Questions Spasmo
1996-07-28 0:00 ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
1996-07-28 0:00 ` Spasmo
1996-07-28 0:00 ` Andre Spiegel
1996-07-28 0:00 ` Spasmo
1996-07-29 0:00 ` Thomas Kendelbacher
1996-07-31 0:00 ` Spasmo
1996-08-01 0:00 ` Thomas Kendelbacher
1996-08-02 0:00 ` Gene Ouye
1996-08-01 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-07-30 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-08-04 0:00 ` Spasmo
1996-07-30 0:00 ` David Wheeler
1996-07-31 0:00 ` Spasmo
1996-07-29 0:00 ` Andre Spiegel
1996-07-29 0:00 ` David Wheeler
1996-07-30 0:00 ` Spasmo
1996-07-30 0:00 ` Spasmo
1996-07-29 0:00 ` Thomas Kendelbacher
1996-08-02 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-08-05 0:00 ` Thomas Kendelbacher
1996-08-06 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-08-06 0:00 ` Thomas Kendelbacher
1996-08-06 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-08-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-08-08 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-08-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-08-12 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1996-08-08 0:00 ` Theodore E. Dennison
1996-08-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-08-12 0:00 ` Joel VanLaven
1996-08-06 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1996-08-10 0:00 ` Chris Morgan
1996-07-30 0:00 ` Andre Spiegel
1996-07-30 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1996-07-30 0:00 ` Andre Spiegel
1996-08-01 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony [this message]
1996-08-13 0:00 ` Eric C. Newton
1996-08-14 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-08-14 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-08-14 0:00 ` Eric C. Newton
1996-08-21 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
1996-08-08 0:00 W. Wesley Groleau (Wes)
1996-08-20 0:00 Farshad Nayeri
1996-08-20 0:00 Farshad Nayeri
1996-08-21 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
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