From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,76ec5d55630beb71 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-06-02 08:32:06 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!tdsnet-transit!newspeer.tds.net!news.binc.net!kilgallen From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada 200X Date: 2 Jun 2003 10:32:03 -0500 Organization: LJK Software Message-ID: References: <3EDAD07A.3010200@attbi.com> <1054562949.551399@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <1054565992.652258@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: eisner.encompasserve.org X-Trace: grandcanyon.binc.net 1054567903 12914 192.135.80.34 (2 Jun 2003 15:31:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@binc.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2003 15:31:43 +0000 (UTC) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:38367 Date: 2003-06-02T10:32:03-05:00 List-Id: In article , Bill Findlay writes: > Might you not want to invoke the original parent in some cases, and in other > cases the newly-interposed parent? It seems that is an issue calling for at > least a careful review of all the types in that lineage, during which such > hand-offs should be reconsidered, rather than just taking it for granted > that the default given by 'super' is the right one. In the vast majority of cases "do everything my ancestors would do" is the proper answer. In other cases, the programmer will have specific knowledge that something different is required.