Re: Did I write a good (efficient) program?

"Rick Smith" <ricksmith@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Pete Dashwood" <dashwood@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> [snip]
>> To modify existing functionality does NOT mean modifying a base class.
It
>> means extending (through inheritance) or over-riding existing
behaviours.
>
> The priniples of object-oriented design do not include
> the use of inheritance to overcome inadequate or faulty
> design. In such cases, modifying a base class may be
> unavoidable.

I have never encountered such a situation and do not expect to. (Guess my 
designs are not "inadequate" or "faulty"...:-))

I really don't care about academic "principles of OO design" unless they
are 
pertinent to the world in which I live and work; your statement above is 
not.

My own principles (derived from over a decade of real world use) tell me
not 
to modify a Base Class.

So I don't.

Pete.
-- 
"I used to write COBOL...now I can do anything."