On Jul 19, 2011, at 12:05 PM, Allen Wirfs-Brock wrote: >> Good point, though it does open the should-constructor-objects-inherit can >> of worms. > > Yes, but it is a can that needs to be emptied.
I agree. Other than "Java didn't have class-side inheritance and I did not miss it", I haven't heard a good reason to exclude it. >> I'm not sure how effective it is to try to inherit constructor-like >> functions. If you're using inheritance, that implies to me that the derived >> object adds its own state that needs proper initialization. Given that, I >> worry that it would be more trouble than it's worth to define methods in >> base objects that can somehow anticipate that. > > This is a primary use case for class-side inheritance in Smalltalk. The > collection class hierarchy is one place you can see their usage. Some design > thought is usually required for inheritance to be effective as an an > extension mechanism. This applies whether you are on the class side or > instance side. The reason and patterns for using 'this' as opposed to a > fixed value are the same on both sides. And we've heard from Rubyists such as Yehuda Katz on this point. https://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/es-discuss/2011-June/014987.html >> The main point is that to do the right think here it is important to not >> think of it as being just like C++/C#/Java >> >> Absolutely right. I don't want to turn JS into Java (ugh), and I don't think >> anyone else does either. I do think JS isn't as far from other OOP languages >> as it might like to believe, and we can occasionally use that to our >> advantage. > > I actually think JS is very far from class-as-static-nominal-type OOP > languages. It is quite close to other dynamic OOPP languages. The exemplars > we need to be look at are Smalltalk, Ruby, and Python. Don't forget Self :-P. The functional programming (Scheme in spirit if not flesh) inspiration i took for JS also influences API design, avoiding silly single-method objects where functions will do. /be
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