Re: abstract superclasses

From: Andrus Adamchik (andru..bjectstyle.org)
Date: Tue Mar 08 2005 - 09:29:28 EST

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    Cris,

    I don't have any objections to the change in the default superclass
    template. This should underscore that superclass is not intended for
    direct use. Of course the default template will not have any abstract
    unimplemented methods.

    Andrus

    > Are there any dangers in creating abstract superclasses? I had to update
    > my template to do this, as I was using an abstract base class that had a
    > method to be implemented manually in the data objects. It seems to be
    > working fine, but I don't know if there's any subtle danger in doing
    > this?
    >
    > If not, is there any objection to just making the superclass abstract
    > period? I don't see any non-internal reason to ever instantiate these
    > directly.
    >
    > Cris



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