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<LI><em>From</em>: Phillip Lenhardt <<A HREF="mailto:philen#funky,monkey.org">philen#funky,monkey.org</A>></LI>
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On Tue, Mar 28, 2000 at 10:48:50AM +1000, Kevin Littlejohn wrote:
> This approach, I've got to say, seemed completely natural - it was a first
> principle in the very first design docs for Moebius. I'm somewhat
> surprised anyone builds these days in systems where objects _are_
> fundamentally different. An object is an object is an object.
I find this approach completely unnatural myself. Once you get away
from clean hierarchies and start bolting attributes and methods onto
just any object you start losing your view into an object's structure
and purpose.
For example, if a door is just a regular object with open and close
methods and link attributes pointing at two other roomish objects,
how do you determine if it is a door at all? In a class hierarchy,
you can ask for the class or type of an object. If that class or
type is or is descended from the door class, you know you have a
door object. With just a base class, you have to check for all
relevant methods and attributes before treating that object like
a door.
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00791" HREF="msg00791.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Object and class heirarchies -- are they reallynecessary?</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00785" HREF="msg00785.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Object and class heirarchies -- are they really necessary?</A></strong>,
Kevin Littlejohn <a href="mailto:darius#connect,com.au">darius#connect,com.au</a>, Wed 29 Mar 2000, 03:39 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00793" HREF="msg00793.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Object and class hierarchies -- are they really necessary?</A></strong>,
Christopher Allen <a href="mailto:ChristopherA#Skotos,net">ChristopherA#Skotos,net</a>, Thu 30 Mar 2000, 04:00 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00810" HREF="msg00810.html">[MUD-Dev] Debugging techniques</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00765" HREF="msg00765.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Object and class heirarchies -- are they really necessary?</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00677" HREF="msg00677.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Object and class heirarchies -- are they really necessary?</A></strong>,
Dr Richard A. Bartle <a href="mailto:richard#mud,co.uk">richard#mud,co.uk</a>, Tue 21 Mar 2000, 21:45 GMT
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Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Wed 22 Mar 2000, 00:25 GMT
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