Re: inheritance bug?

> >other motivation was making it easier to ensure new code versions do
> >not break, at the cost of making it more difficult to extend code in
> >subclasses. http://www.artima.com/intv/nonvirtual.html
> >  
> That's a very good motivation. But 'override' itself solves that
> problem (or like suggest Brian, the oppose which is to make
> declarations), no need for 'virtual'.

What would be the problem with Dylan like behaviour?

"define method creates a method and adds it to a generic function in a
module variable. If the module variable indicated is not already
defined, it is defined as with define generic. 

Thus, define method will create a new generic function or extend an old
one, as needed."

http://www.gwydiondylan.org/books/drm/drm_48.html#HEADING48-0


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