From: jsa@alexandria.organon.com (Jon S Anthony)
Subject: Re: Building blocks (Was: Design By Contract)
Date: 1997/09/09
Date: 1997-09-09T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <JSA.97Sep9130632@alexandria.organon.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 01bcbd1d$72196760$108142c1@Yeif-1.eiffel.fi
In article <01bcbd1d$72196760$108142c1@Yeif-1.eiffel.fi> "Veli-Pekka Nousiainen" <vp.nousiainen@remove_this_eiffel.fi> writes:
> Unsafe? what is unsafe in Eiffel inheritance? And what is the fix?
> I have joined in much too late...
> VP
The polymorphic "CAT call" stuff, which rests ultimately on covariance
which is one of the basic tenets underlying Eiffel's inheritance
model.
/Jon
> Brian Rogoff <bpr@shellx.best.com> wrote in article
> <Pine.SGI.3.95.970908193446.11288B-100000@shellx.best.com>...
> <SNIP>
> > Eiffel's inheritance is based on a theoretical model which later turned
> out
> > to be unsafe. A (theoretical) fix was proposed, and never implemented.
> And
> > now we have another theoretical fix. So much for Eiffel theoretical
> > models! :-)
> >
> > -- Brian
> >
--
Jon Anthony
OMI, Belmont, MA 02178, 617.484.3383
"Nightmares - Ha! The way my life's been going lately,
Who'd notice?" -- Londo Mollari
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Thread overview: 132+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1997-08-21 0:00 Critique of Ariane 5 paper (finally!) aek
[not found] ` <33FC66AD.9A0799D4@calfp.co.uk>
1997-08-22 0:00 ` Robert S. White
1997-08-22 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1997-08-22 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1997-08-23 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
[not found] ` <33FFA4B1.3543@flash.net>
1997-08-26 0:00 ` Nick Leaton
[not found] ` <3403940F.4154@pseserv3.fw.hac.com>
1997-08-27 0:00 ` Design By Contract Ted Velkoff
[not found] ` <5u3c6v$gtf$2@miranda.gmrc.gecm.com>
[not found] ` <34058808.3BF@pseserv3.fw.hac.com>
1997-08-28 0:00 ` Darren New
1997-08-28 0:00 ` Patrick Doyle
1997-09-06 0:00 ` Joachim Durchholz
1997-09-06 0:00 ` Patrick Doyle
[not found] ` <JSA.97Aug27180328@alexandria.organon.com>
1997-08-28 0:00 ` W. Wesley Groleau x4923
1997-09-03 0:00 ` Don Harrison
1997-09-03 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-09-04 0:00 ` Don Harrison
[not found] ` <EFM140.Fy9@syd.csa.com.au>
1997-08-28 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-08-29 0:00 ` Don Harrison
1997-08-28 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-08-29 0:00 ` Don Harrison
1997-08-29 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
[not found] ` <EFqE8L.4Eq@ecf.toronto.edu>
[not found] ` <JSA.97Aug30145058@alexandria.organon.com>
1997-09-01 0:00 ` Patrick Doyle
1997-09-02 0:00 ` Don Harrison
1997-09-02 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-09-03 0:00 ` Don Harrison
[not found] ` <JSA.97Sep3201329@alexandria.organon.com>
1997-09-04 0:00 ` Paul Johnson
1997-09-05 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
[not found] ` <5un58u$9ih$1@gonzo.sun3.iaf.nl>
1997-09-06 0:00 ` Building blocks (Was: Design By Contract) Joachim Durchholz
1997-09-08 0:00 ` Paul Johnson
1997-09-08 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1997-09-09 0:00 ` Veli-Pekka Nousiainen
1997-09-09 0:00 ` Veli-Pekka Nousiainen
1997-09-09 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony [this message]
1997-09-09 0:00 ` W. Wesley Groleau x4923
1997-09-09 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-09-09 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1997-09-09 0:00 ` W. Wesley Groleau x4923
1997-09-10 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-09-12 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-09-10 0:00 ` Paul Johnson
1997-09-10 0:00 ` Darren New
1997-09-10 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-09-10 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-12 0:00 ` Paul Johnson
1997-09-14 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-15 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-09-14 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-14 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-12 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-09-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-16 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1997-09-08 0:00 ` Design By Contract Nick Leaton
1997-09-08 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-09-09 0:00 ` Paul Johnson
[not found] ` <EFzLn7.481@ecf.toronto.edu>
1997-09-04 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
[not found] ` <EFz0pD.E6n@syd.csa.com.au>
1997-09-05 0:00 ` subjectivity W. Wesley Groleau x4923
1997-09-05 0:00 ` subjectivity Matthew Heaney
1997-09-10 0:00 ` subjectivity Don Harrison
1997-09-12 0:00 ` subjectivity Jon S Anthony
1997-09-16 0:00 ` subjectivity Don Harrison
1997-09-16 0:00 ` subjectivity Jon S Anthony
1997-09-10 0:00 ` subjectivity Don Harrison
1997-09-10 0:00 ` subjectivity W. Wesley Groleau x4923
1997-09-11 0:00 ` subjectivity Don Harrison
1997-09-10 0:00 ` subjectivity W. Wesley Groleau x4923
1997-09-05 0:00 ` Design By Contract W. Wesley Groleau x4923
[not found] ` <JSA.97Sep4172912@alexandria.organon.com>
[not found] ` <EG0oz8.F6M@syd.csa.com.au>
[not found] ` <EG0rp7.GtL@syd.csa.com.au>
1997-09-05 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-09-05 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-09-05 0:00 ` Nick Leaton
1997-09-08 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-09-09 0:00 ` Nick Leaton
1997-09-10 0:00 ` Paul Johnson
1997-09-06 0:00 ` Patrick Doyle
1997-09-09 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-09-09 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-09-02 0:00 ` Joerg Rodemann
1997-09-02 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-08-29 0:00 ` Patrick Doyle
1997-08-29 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
[not found] ` <EFqDw0.3x7@ecf.toronto.edu>
[not found] ` <JSA.97Aug30145354@alexandria.organon.com>
1997-09-01 0:00 ` Patrick Doyle
[not found] ` <349224633wnr@eiffel.demon.co.uk>
1997-08-27 0:00 ` Design by Contract Robert Dewar
1997-08-29 0:00 ` Don Harrison
[not found] ` <3406BEF7.2FC3@flash.net>
[not found] ` <3406E0F7.6FF7ED99@calfp.co.uk>
1997-09-02 0:00 ` Critique of Ariane 5 paper (finally!) Ken Garlington
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1997-09-09 0:00 Building blocks (Was: Design By Contract) Marc Wachowitz
1997-09-15 0:00 ` Joachim Durchholz
1997-09-17 0:00 ` Paul Johnson
1997-09-18 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-18 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-09-18 0:00 ` Stephen Leake
1997-09-18 0:00 ` Mark L. Fussell
[not found] ` <11861963wnr@eiffel.demon.co.uk>
1997-09-19 0:00 ` Mark L. Fussell
1997-09-19 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-09-20 0:00 ` Joachim Durchholz
1997-09-22 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-09-23 0:00 ` Veli-Pekka Nousiainen
1997-10-03 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-10-04 0:00 ` Paul Johnson
1997-10-14 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-09-23 0:00 ` Joachim Durchholz
1997-09-23 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-09-24 0:00 ` Alan E & Carmel J Brain
1997-09-25 0:00 ` Anonymous
1997-09-30 0:00 ` Alan E & Carmel J Brain
1997-09-30 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-09-30 0:00 ` Neil Wilson
1997-09-30 0:00 ` Stephen Leake
1997-09-30 0:00 ` W. Wesley Groleau x4923
1997-09-30 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-10-01 0:00 ` Alan E & Carmel J Brain
1997-10-01 0:00 ` Anonymous
1997-10-01 0:00 ` Paul M Gover
1997-10-04 0:00 ` Paul Johnson
1997-10-04 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-10-15 0:00 ` Paul Johnson
1997-10-15 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-10-16 0:00 ` Joachim Durchholz
1997-10-17 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-10-16 0:00 ` Joachim Durchholz
1997-10-22 0:00 ` Reimer Behrends
1997-10-01 0:00 ` Joachim Durchholz
1997-10-02 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-10-02 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1997-10-02 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-10-03 0:00 ` Stephen Leake
1997-10-04 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-10-07 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-09-24 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1997-09-19 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-09-23 0:00 ` Mark L. Fussell
1997-09-18 0:00 ` W. Wesley Groleau x4923
1997-09-21 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-09-09 0:00 Marc Wachowitz
1997-09-11 0:00 Robert Dewar
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