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Re: overload init function in class/object ? [message #34980 is a reply to message #34976]

Tue, 06 May 2003 13:38

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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Mark Hadfield (m.hadfield@niwa.co.nz) writes:

> Not to someone who's used to C++. In that language you can have several
> versions of the same function, differing only in the number (and/or type?)
> of their arguments. The compiler examines the argument list at each place in
> the code where the function is called and dispatches the call to the
> appropriate version. Because the decision is made at compile time (C++ being
> a statically typed language) it is more efficient than doing run-time checks
> inside the function in the IDL manner. But less flexible.

OK, I had "learn C++" on my to-do list, but I've
taken it off. I'm joining up with the object Luddites
if that's the kind of nonsense I have to learn! :-(

Cheers,

David

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		Re: overload init function in class/object ? By: paul wisehart on Tue, 06 May 2003 18:43
		Re: overload init function in class/object ? By: JD Smith on Tue, 06 May 2003 14:32
		Re: overload init function in class/object ? By: James Kuyper on Tue, 06 May 2003 14:29
		Re: overload init function in class/object ? By: Mark Hadfield on Tue, 06 May 2003 13:55
		Re: overload init function in class/object ? By: David Fanning on Tue, 06 May 2003 13:38
		Re: overload init function in class/object ? By: Mark Hadfield on Tue, 06 May 2003 13:34
		Re: overload init function in class/object ? By: David Fanning on Tue, 06 May 2003 13:34
		Re: overload init function in class/object ? By: David Fanning on Tue, 06 May 2003 13:26
		Re: overload init function in class/object ? By: paul wisehart on Tue, 06 May 2003 13:20
		Re: overload init function in class/object ? By: paul wisehart on Tue, 06 May 2003 13:14
		Re: overload init function in class/object ? By: Mark Hadfield on Tue, 06 May 2003 12:55
		Re: overload init function in class/object ? By: David Fanning on Tue, 06 May 2003 12:48

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