Re: Solving the data inheritance problem
Kaba ha scritto:
A straightforward solution is the following: place the data in A and
implement the (non-virtual) handling functions there. I call this data
inheritance. This solution has the following draw-back:
Consider any function of B[i] that has to modify all of the data.
Examples include the assignment operator, the ubiquituous swap-function,
and constructors. The problem is that you have to remember to take care
of the parent data also! For example, in the B[i] assignment operator, B
[i] must call the assignment operator of A. Same applies to swap. The
problem is: what can be forgotten, will be forgotten.
It should'n be that the solution places this kind of burden on the
implementor of B[i].
This approach is so natural and widespread not only in C++ but in many
other programming languages with reasonable OO support, that I doubt any
proficient programmer would find it a significant burden. What makes you
think it would be?
Ganesh
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