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From: Yamagata Yoriyuki <yoriyuki@mbg.ocn.ne.jp>
To: kknowles@berkeley.edu
Cc: alex@baretta.com, caml-list@inria.fr
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Delegation based OO
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 08:43:00 +0900 (JST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040324.084300.18291498.yoriyuki@mbg.ocn.ne.jp> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040323002926.GA30057@kefka.frap.net>

From: Kenneth Knowles <kknowles@berkeley.edu>
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Delegation based OO
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 16:29:26 -0800

> This is a type error, just as if you override a class method with one of a
> different type:
> 
> # class x = object method y = 3 end;;
> class x : object method y : int end
> # class y = object inherit x method y = 4 end;;
> class y : object method y : int end
> # class z = object inherit x method y = "hello" end;;
> This expression has type string but is here used with type int
> 
> The same strictness could be applied to delegation.

There is a difference.  You cannot hide the method "y" in the class
definition "x". An object can be coerced to a super type, so that it's
type would forget about the method "y", then you override it...

--
Yamagata Yoriyuki

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  reply	other threads:[~2004-03-23 23:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-03-22 10:18 Alex Baretta
2004-03-22 23:01 ` Yamagata Yoriyuki
2004-03-23  0:29   ` Kenneth Knowles
2004-03-23 23:43     ` Yamagata Yoriyuki [this message]
2004-03-24  0:45       ` Kenneth Knowles
2004-03-24 10:43         ` Alex Baretta
2004-03-24 14:11           ` Yamagata Yoriyuki
2004-03-24 15:00             ` Alex Baretta
2004-03-24 16:57           ` Kenneth Knowles
2004-03-23  1:14 ` Jacques Garrigue
2004-03-23  7:27   ` Alex Baretta
2004-03-23  9:01   ` Stefano Zacchiroli
2004-03-23  9:41     ` Alex Baretta
2004-03-23  9:44     ` Jacques Garrigue
2004-03-23  9:47       ` Stefano Zacchiroli
2004-03-23  8:56 ` Correnson Loïc

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