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Re: [Gnue-dev] type (not class) in .gcd files
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Jens Müller |
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Re: [Gnue-dev] type (not class) in .gcd files |
Date: |
Fri, 10 May 2002 02:08:50 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.090007 (Oort Gnus v0.07) XEmacs/21.4 (Common Lisp, i386-debian-linux) |
Neil Tiffin <address@hidden> writes:
> types are expanded in a way that the type definition disappears and
> the data definitions are inserted directly into the object. They were
> a shorthand for assuring consistent usage of groups of data
> definitions such that they would be consistent throughout the design
> (by only being defined once.) Therefore if the base design (type) was
> changed it would automatically be changed throughout.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Ouch. When used in an automatic setup, this can be quite difficult to
handle, because we have to find all classes/types which use this
type.
Will be necessary to track where a type definition has been replaced
by the type's fields.
Well, I suppose it will be common policy that fields are not removed
from types also?
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