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Re: Is this a bug ???

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From: Tor Iver Wilhelmsen
Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2001 12:34
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"Hanan Hermon" <hananh@radcom.co.il> writes:

> I agree that this behavior is due to the way instance variable are
> being initialize (After the instance object was created), but from
> my understanding the object is created completely, therefore I
> expect that it first set the default values and then start the super
> constructor.
> 
> Isn't this sound more intuitive ?

Not any more than building the roof on a house before the
foundation. A class should rely on the superclass' values to have been
initialized, not the other way around: The superclasses are your
class' foundation.
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From: Tor Iver Wilhelmsen <tor.wilhelmsen@ergo.no>
Date: 07 Nov 2001 13:34:02 +0100
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