> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 09:27 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Re: "IMHO the author gives the user implicitly the right to create a > subclass and override the abstract methods." > > I'm not so sure -- creating abstract methods is useful for > the original > version of the program, to be overridden by derived classes in the > original. Simply the presence of abstract classes does not mean that > the author intends for others to also derive from those > classes. (IMHO, and in my limited knowledge of C++). Interesting view. I don't know, but you could be right. The author could claim that the abstract methods/classes are there for future enhancements. Michael -- license-discuss archive is at http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3
