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Re: I don't understand why the following doesn't call Rectangle

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El 13/12/2016 21:47, lewbloch@gmail.com escribió:
> On Tuesday, December 13, 2016 at 7:43:07 AM UTC-8, cda...@gmail.com wrote:
> [...snipped...]
>> Wouldn't super () invoke the Rectangle constructor, and thus construct a Rectangle?
>
> No, because it is part of the subtype constructor, so all it does is initialize (which is what "construct" means) the parts of the object that are defined in its supertypes.

Yes. Probably the term "constructor" is misguiding. A constructor 
doesn't create an object, but just initialize its contents. It is the 
"new" operator which actually creates objects.

Well, this is how I see the picture.
-- 
Manuel Collado - http://lml.ls.fi.upm.es/~mcollado

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I don't understand why the following doesn't call Rectangle cdalten@gmail.com - 2016-12-13 07:42 -0800
  Re: I don't understand why the following doesn't call Rectangle Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2016-12-13 07:52 -0800
    Re: I don't understand why the following doesn't call Rectangle cdalten@gmail.com - 2016-12-13 08:06 -0800
      Re: I don't understand why the following doesn't call Rectangle Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2016-12-13 08:20 -0800
  Re: I don't understand why the following doesn't call Rectangle Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2016-12-13 11:42 -0500
  Re: I don't understand why the following doesn't call Rectangle lewbloch@gmail.com - 2016-12-13 12:47 -0800
    Re: I don't understand why the following doesn't call Rectangle Manuel Collado <m.collado@domain.invalid> - 2016-12-14 19:13 +0100

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