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Re: Real (trivial) mixins

by Jeremy Tregunna-2 :: Rate this Message:

On 15-Apr-09, at 1:29 PM, spir wrote:

> Le Wed, 15 Apr 2009 10:04:38 -0700,
> "Samuel A. Falvo II" <sam.falvo@...> s'exprima ainsi:
>
>>> Hmm.. can you explain a bit more -- *why* you would want to do this.
>>
>> Isolation. Use this method when/if you anticipate your parent(s)
>> might change in the future, but you want to preserve their current
>> behavior as a snapshot now.
>
> I would rather ask the opposite question: in which (real world and/
> or theoretical) case can one expect the parent methods to change
> *and* wish this change to propagate to clones?

Consider you're modeling a new drug, and some element changes in it.
Would you not want that change to reflect against all instances
thereof in your model?

Regards,

Jeremy Tregunna
jeremy.tregunna@...

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