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Re: It seems that there is *a bit* polymorphism in IDL. [message #40546 is a reply to message #40464]

Wed, 11 August 2004 14:51

David Fanning
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Mark Hadfield writes:

> Note that the above difficulty does not occur with object methods. It is
> perfectly OK to have two object methods of the same name, one a function
> and one a procedure. They will both get compiled when
> <object>__define.pro is compiled. I've been doing this for years.

Amen to this! In fact, generalized GetProperty functions
are so easy to write and so useful for obtaining any *single*
object property, that *all* your objects should have one, along
with the usual GetProperty procedure. :-)

http://www.dfanning.com/tips/getproperty.html

Cheers,

David
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		It seems that there is a bit polymorphism in IDL. By: tianyf on Wed, 11 August 2004 04:00
		Re: It seems that there is a bit polymorphism in IDL. By: David Fanning on Thu, 12 August 2004 12:43
		Re: It seems that there is a bit polymorphism in IDL. By: JD Smith on Thu, 12 August 2004 11:03
		Re: It seems that there is a bit polymorphism in IDL. By: David Fanning on Thu, 12 August 2004 10:45
		Re: It seems that there is a bit polymorphism in IDL. By: JD Smith on Thu, 12 August 2004 10:28
		Re: It seems that there is a bit polymorphism in IDL. By: David Fanning on Thu, 12 August 2004 07:08
		Re: It seems that there is a bit polymorphism in IDL. By: David Fanning on Wed, 11 August 2004 20:05
		Re: It seems that there is a bit polymorphism in IDL. By: David Fanning on Wed, 11 August 2004 14:51
		Re: It seems that there is a bit polymorphism in IDL. By: Mark Hadfield on Wed, 11 August 2004 14:34

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		It seems that there is a bit polymorphism in IDL. By: tianyf on Wed, 11 August 2004 04:00
		Re: It seems that there is a bit polymorphism in IDL. By: David Fanning on Thu, 12 August 2004 12:43
		Re: It seems that there is a bit polymorphism in IDL. By: JD Smith on Thu, 12 August 2004 11:03
		Re: It seems that there is a bit polymorphism in IDL. By: David Fanning on Thu, 12 August 2004 10:45
		Re: It seems that there is a bit polymorphism in IDL. By: JD Smith on Thu, 12 August 2004 10:28
		Re: It seems that there is a bit polymorphism in IDL. By: David Fanning on Thu, 12 August 2004 07:08
		Re: It seems that there is a bit polymorphism in IDL. By: David Fanning on Wed, 11 August 2004 20:05
		Re: It seems that there is a bit polymorphism in IDL. By: David Fanning on Wed, 11 August 2004 14:51
		Re: It seems that there is a bit polymorphism in IDL. By: Mark Hadfield on Wed, 11 August 2004 14:34