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Re: Virtual functions: To const, or not to const?

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On Sat, 8 Oct 2022 11:03:35 -0700 (PDT)
Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> wrote:

> On Saturday, October 8, 2022 at 5:35:51 PM UTC+3, Bonita Montero
> wrote:
> > There is no general answer or it depends on what you expect from 
> > this interface. In individual cases, this question is then easy 
> > to answer and therefore I do not know why it has to be discussed.  
> 
> There is a general answer - don't use inheritance except as substitute
> for interfaces, which typically means abstract classes with no data
> members. All other forms of inheritance are known antipattern.
> Use aggregation instead.

Bullshit. Whilst in general composition is to be preferred over
inheritance there is nothing fundamentally wrong with deep inheritance
hierarchies if you have the slightest clue; it certainly is NOT an
anti-pattern: it is just another tool in the toolbox.

/Flibble

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  Re: Virtual functions: To const, or not to const? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-10-07 12:50 +0200
    Re: Virtual functions: To const, or not to const? Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-10-10 06:20 +0000
      Re: Virtual functions: To const, or not to const? Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-10-10 07:38 -0400
        Re: Virtual functions: To const, or not to const? Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-10-10 12:08 +0000
          Re: Virtual functions: To const, or not to const? Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-10-10 20:47 -0400
      Re: Virtual functions: To const, or not to const? Paavo Helde <eesnimi@osa.pri.ee> - 2022-10-10 15:13 +0300
        Re: Virtual functions: To const, or not to const? Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2022-10-10 09:43 -0700
      Re: Virtual functions: To const, or not to const? Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2022-10-10 09:26 -0700
  Re: Virtual functions: To const, or not to const? Paavo Helde <eesnimi@osa.pri.ee> - 2022-10-07 14:00 +0300
  Re: Virtual functions: To const, or not to const? Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-10-07 07:29 -0400
  Re: Virtual functions: To const, or not to const? Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2022-10-07 05:55 -0700
  Re: Virtual functions: To const, or not to const? "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach@gmail.com> - 2022-10-08 14:56 +0200
  Re: Virtual functions: To const, or not to const? Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2022-10-08 16:35 +0200
    Re: Virtual functions: To const, or not to const? Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2022-10-08 11:03 -0700
      Re: Virtual functions: To const, or not to const? Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2022-10-08 20:36 +0200
      Re: Virtual functions: To const, or not to const? Mr Flibble <flibble@reddwarf.jmc.corp> - 2022-10-08 20:19 +0100
        Re: Virtual functions: To const, or not to const? Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2022-10-10 17:58 +0200
      Re: Virtual functions: To const, or not to const? Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2022-10-09 09:19 +0000
  Re: Virtual functions: To const, or not to const? Manfred <noname@add.invalid> - 2022-10-08 21:42 +0200

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