From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 109fba,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: fac41,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 114809,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid114809,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public From: FEYNMAN@acs.tamu.edu (Hamilton, Robert Bryan ) Subject: Re: What is wrong with OO ? Date: 1997/02/13 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 218440332 References: <5dopri$dei@news4.digex.net> Organization: Texas A&M University OpenVMS cluster Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.ada,comp.object,comp.software-eng Date: 1997-02-13T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: On Thu, 13 Feb 1997 01:06:58 GMT, Jon S Anthony wrote: >In article FEYNMAN@acs.tamu.edu (Hamil > ton, Robert Bryan ) writes: > >> ??? You can override any method in C++, virtual or no. >No, we're not talking "override" as in "overloading" or "hiding". The >context _is_ the case of overriding dispatchable methods. > >> The _real_ point is that you have access to a virtual method even if > >Actually, given the context, this is irrelevant. Sorry, I was describing the very real intent of virtual methods in C++, and not the real point of the "context", which I apparantly missed entirely. > >You've completely missed the point of the whole discussion... > Probably so, since I came in late. Should have realized that there must be a broader context seeing the cross-posting to eiffel and back. I'm going to bow out. A context which spans this many groups is way beyond me. Regards, Robert