Re: Re: software design clarification

>> I suggest to derive "CompilationUnit" from "SourceFile".
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>
> Why ? (Hint: It would be highly beneficial if you would adorn your various
> suggestions with rationale or some other form of reasoning providing me clues
> as to what you have in mind. I don't like second-guessing.)

I imagine that a compilation unit will be connected to a specific 
programming language or conversion/transformation tool while a source 
file will be the lowest base class.

Regards,
Markus