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RE: Parser2 considered harmful

• From: Miles Sabin <msabin@c...>
• To: 'XML Dev' <xml-dev@i...>
• Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 11:58:07 +0100

John Cowan wrote,
> If they do inherit, then you have the problem that 
> Parser may be extended in several logically distinct 
> ways, leading to interfaces Parser2A and Parser2B.  
> The next generation will have to specify Parser3A, B, 
> and C all inheriting from Parser2A *and* Parser2B, 
> which causes a messy diamond-shaped inheritance graph.

It's not diamond inheritance per-se which is the
problem, it's (as you point out) the potential for a
combinatorial explosion of derived interfaces which is
nasty.

Cheers,


Miles

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