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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: Ada is getting more popular!
Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 15:57:50 +0100
Date: 2010-10-31T15:57:50+01:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ip9zzcyeqej9.s6vn0gsccop3.dlg@40tude.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: iajoug$hed$1@news.eternal-september.org

On Sun, 31 Oct 2010 13:54:33 +0100, J-P. Rosen wrote:

> Le 31/10/2010 11:54, Dmitry A. Kazakov a �crit :
>> On Sun, 31 Oct 2010 11:38:02 +0100, J-P. Rosen wrote:
>> 
>>> FWIW, here are my criteria for using inheritance:
>>[...]
>> 5) you want to postpone some design decision/implementation to a later
>> point. So you describe/implement what you know for certain right now, in
>> the form of an abstract type, and let a derived type to define the rest
>> when more information becomes available.
>> 
> Sorry, I don't agree with you on this. I think the structure of the
> design should only reflect the logical structure, not the history of the
> project.

Ideally, but unlikely to happen in projects of real size in real life.

> If at some point you don't know enough, express what you know. When
> things become clearer, rework what you have done.

You may have client code which should be rewritten as well. Then the things
(customer requirements) may change several times, so reworking the code in
order to achieve monolithic design might be a bad idea. So it is also:

6) allows you not to overspecify interfaces.

-- 
Regards,
Dmitry A. Kazakov
http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de



  reply	other threads:[~2010-10-31 14:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 128+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-10-13  7:15 Ada is getting more popular! Nasser M. Abbasi
2010-10-13 12:07 ` ramon_garcia
2010-10-13 14:51   ` Georg Bauhaus
2010-10-13 17:00     ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-10-14 22:10       ` Robert A Duff
2010-10-15  7:27         ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-10-13 15:04   ` Mark Lorenzen
2010-10-13 18:01   ` Jeffrey Carter
2010-10-13 18:50     ` mockturtle
2010-10-13 21:53     ` ramon_garcia
2010-10-13 22:34       ` Vinzent Hoefler
2010-10-13 22:49         ` Nasser M. Abbasi
2010-10-13 23:00           ` ramon_garcia
2010-10-13 23:21             ` Jeffrey Carter
2010-10-14  0:57             ` Georg Bauhaus
2010-10-15 12:12             ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2010-10-24 22:10               ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-10-13 22:49         ` ramon_garcia
2010-10-13 23:05           ` Vinzent Hoefler
2010-10-14  4:59             ` Simon Wright
2010-10-14 18:45               ` Vinzent Hoefler
2010-10-14 18:48                 ` Vinzent Hoefler
     [not found]       ` <i95f0n$j61$1@tornado.tornevall.net>
2010-10-14  5:03         ` Simon Wright
2010-10-13 20:17   ` Vinzent Hoefler
2010-10-13 22:05   ` Simon Wright
2010-10-14  2:20   ` tmoran
2010-10-24 22:15     ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-10-25  0:14       ` Georg Bauhaus
2010-10-24 21:21   ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-10-25  0:12     ` Georg Bauhaus
2010-10-25  7:43       ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-10-25  7:52       ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-10-25  8:07         ` Georg Bauhaus
2010-10-25  9:21           ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-10-25  9:47         ` Ludovic Brenta
2010-10-25 10:33           ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-10-25 11:00             ` Ludovic Brenta
2010-10-25 13:24               ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-10-31 19:59                 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-10-25 19:06               ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-10-25 22:39                 ` Thomas Løcke
2010-10-25 23:29                   ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-10-26  6:29                     ` Thomas Løcke
2010-10-26 14:33                       ` Colin Paul Gloster
2010-10-26 13:59                         ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-10-27 11:59                           ` Colin Paul Gloster
2010-10-27 13:07                             ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-10-27 17:51                               ` Laziness (Was: Re: Ada is getting more popular!) Jeffrey Carter
2010-10-27 20:51                                 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-11-03 18:02                               ` Ada is getting more popular! Colin Paul Gloster
2010-11-03 20:52                                 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-11-04  1:27                                   ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-11-04  1:30                                 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-10-26 18:29                         ` Thomas Løcke
2010-10-27 11:32                           ` Colin Paul Gloster
2010-10-27 19:28                             ` Thomas Løcke
2010-10-27 19:38                               ` Thomas Løcke
2010-10-27 20:46                               ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-10-28  6:06                                 ` Thomas Løcke
2010-10-28  8:19                                   ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-10-28  9:41                                     ` Thomas Løcke
2010-10-28 13:01                                       ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-10-28 18:21                                         ` Thomas Løcke
2010-10-28 20:18                                           ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-10-28 20:33                                             ` Ludovic Brenta
2010-10-28 21:19                                               ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-10-28 23:37                                                 ` Georg Bauhaus
2010-10-29  8:00                                                   ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-10-29  9:19                                                     ` Georg Bauhaus
2010-10-29 10:03                                                       ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-10-29 16:55                                                       ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-10-30  9:50                                                       ` Florian Weimer
2010-10-30 12:58                                                         ` Georg Bauhaus
2010-10-30 17:48                                                           ` Florian Weimer
2010-10-30 18:50                                                             ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-10-30 19:02                                                             ` Georg Bauhaus
2010-10-30 19:26                                                               ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-10-30 20:57                                                                 ` Georg Bauhaus
2010-10-31  7:48                                                                   ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-10-31 10:59                                                                     ` Georg Bauhaus
2010-10-31 12:36                                                                       ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-10-30 18:17                                                           ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-10-29 16:51                                                     ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-10-28 21:02                                             ` Thomas Løcke
2010-10-28 21:31                                               ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-10-28 21:28                                           ` Brian Drummond
2010-10-29  5:13                                             ` Thomas Løcke
2010-10-29 14:04                                               ` Brian Drummond
2010-10-29 14:03                                                 ` Thomas Løcke
2010-10-30  6:23                                                   ` Brian Drummond
2010-10-29  0:31                                       ` Chad  R. Meiners
2010-10-29 11:47                                       ` stefan-lucks
2010-10-28 17:25                                     ` Warren
2010-10-28  9:12                                   ` J-P. Rosen
2010-10-28 17:02                                     ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-10-28 17:58                                     ` Nicholas Collin Paul Gloster
2010-10-28 18:17                                       ` J-P. Rosen
2010-10-29 18:59                                         ` Vinzent Hoefler
2010-10-29 19:56                                           ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-10-29 20:28                                             ` J-P. Rosen
2010-10-29 21:51                                               ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-10-31  1:35                                               ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-10-31  5:02                                                 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-10-31  6:42                                                   ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-10-31 10:38                                                   ` J-P. Rosen
2010-10-31 10:54                                                     ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-10-31 12:54                                                       ` J-P. Rosen
2010-10-31 14:57                                                         ` Dmitry A. Kazakov [this message]
2010-10-31 13:57                                                       ` Niklas Holsti
2010-10-31 21:02                                                         ` Niklas Holsti
2010-11-02  9:15                                                           ` J-P. Rosen
2010-10-31 14:39                                                       ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-10-31 17:21                                                       ` Jeffrey Carter
2010-10-31 18:04                                                       ` Jeffrey Carter
2010-10-31 20:00                                                         ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-10-31 18:06                                                     ` Jeffrey Carter
2010-10-30  0:01                                             ` Vinzent Hoefler
2010-10-30  0:30                                               ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-10-30 17:00                                                 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2010-10-26  0:10                   ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-10-25 12:06             ` Georg Bauhaus
2010-10-25 13:41               ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-10-25 14:55                 ` Georg Bauhaus
2010-10-25 19:33             ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-10-26 20:37             ` Shark8
2010-10-25 11:49           ` J-P. Rosen
2010-10-25 19:58             ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-10-25 19:17           ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
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