On Wed, 2005-06-29 at 10:01 +0000, Leopold Toetsch via RT wrote:
> > PARENT_1 # adds attribute 'foo'
> > ^
> > |
> > PARENT_2 # adds attribute 'foo', hiding the inherited one
> > ^
> > |
> > CHILD # adds attribute 'bar'
>
> The first question is of course:
>
> a) should we fully hide PARENT_1's "foo"
> b) or should the attribute still be accessible as "PARENT_1\0foo"
>
> or: how many attributes has CHILD?
We also need to ask how many attributes CHILD has in the case of
multiple inheritance (where PARENT_1 and PARENT_2 both have attribute
'foo'):
PARENT_1 PARENT_2
^ ^
\ /
CHILD
I can live with either answer (from the point of view of implementing
the Amber compiler).
Regards,
Roger Browne
