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Article #284Re: Multiple interfaces
From: Tristan Reeves
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 02:57
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 02:57
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I think I would agree with that. Tristan. "Mark Thornton" <mthornton@optrak.co.uk> wrote in message news:3d0db19e$0$7200$afc38c87@news.easynet.co.uk... > > "Tristan Reeves" <moonshine@apex.net.au> wrote in message > news:1024306483.86878@web.apex.net.au... > > > > > > Of course it is an ugly problem in the language, even if not a > show-stopper. > > > > Just because you haven't encountered one doesn't mean there will never be > a > > name clash. It doesn't matter how carefully you choose your method names; > > different domains use the same word for different concepts, besides which > it > > is ridiculous to have to tweak method names like "Open" or "Draw" - which > > are perfectly fine - just because someone else *might* be using them. > Trying > > to puzzle out whether or not a given word is in use in some unknown > > interface somewhere else on this planet is fruitless. At best you can > hope. > > > > Even if name-clashes are rare, it seems to me that there is just no good > > reason why a name resolution technique could not have been implemented in > > the language. > > > > > > I agree with Laurence that this is only a minor problem (and in practice a > very rare one at that). This is partly because a clash only occurs if the > method name AND signature match. So in the rare cases that a clash does > occur we have to use delegation. I think this is quite a small price to pay > for avoiding the extra complication of name resolution. With a reasonable > JIT the run time cost of delegation is negligible. > > Mark Thornton > > >
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10a146,113f3357bc588129 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a146,public X-Google-Thread: 10d6db,113f3357bc588129 X-Google-Attributes: gid10d6db,public X-Google-Thread: f74b3,113f3357bc588129 X-Google-Attributes: gidf74b3,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-06-17 19:57:35 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newsfeed-west.nntpserver.com!hub1.meganetnews.com!nntpserver.com!DirecTVinternet!DirecTV-DSL!news-out.spamkiller.net!propagator2-maxim!propagator-maxim!news-in.spamkiller.net!news02.tsnz.net!newsfeed01.tsnz.net!news.xtra.co.nz!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.can.connect.com.au!not-for-mail From: "Tristan Reeves" <moonshine@apex.net.au> Newsgroups: aus.computers.java,borland.public.jbuilder.java.language,comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Multiple interfaces Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 12:57:36 +1000 Organization: APEX Internet Lines: 51 Message-ID: <1024369051.200119@web.apex.net.au> References: <1024283082.192985@web.apex.net.au> <JScP8.111$Fv1.17660@newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net> <1024289793.45649@web.apex.net.au> <3d0d962f.216399@news.clara.net> <1024306483.86878@web.apex.net.au> <3d0db19e$0$7200$afc38c87@news.easynet.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: news.apex.net.au X-Trace: auwa.connect.com.au 1024369052 11571 210.9.132.20 (18 Jun 2002 02:57:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@connect.com.au NNTP-Posting-Date: 18 Jun 2002 02:57:32 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Cache-Post-Path: web.apex.net.au!unknown@210.9.133.163 X-Cache: nntpcache 2.3.3 (see http://www.nntpcache.org/)