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Is there any “real” reason multiple inheritance is hated? [on hold]
I've always liked the idea of having multiple inheritance supported in a language. Most often though it's intentionally forgone, and the supposed "replacement" is interfaces. Interfaces simply do ...
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Adding base-class (inherited) functionality to classes that you don't control
I have a set of classes from a 3rd party library. These classes use an inheritance structure to share logic. I would like to add a layer of abstraction in the middle of their inheritance tree to add ...
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Multiple Interfaces in Java - Good or bad
I'm coming out of an interview just now and the interviewer asked me if a Java interface can "extend" more than one interfaces. I was thinking multiple inheritance is disallowed in java so got that ...
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Term for a Class with Multiple Interfaces
Say I have a class that implements multiple interfaces. I pass the same instance around using a different interface, depending on what the consumer is interested in.
I am trying to remember what this ...
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Python multiple inheritance or decorators for composable behaviours
I recently discovered (or rather realised how to use) Python's multiple inheritance, and am afraid I'm now using it in cases where it's not a good fit. I want to have some starting data source ...
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How does C++ handle multiple inheritance with a shared common ancestor?
I'm not a C++ guy, but I'm forced to think about this. Why is multiple inheritance possible in C++, but not in C#? (I know of the diamond problem, but that's not what I'm asking here). How does C++ ...
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Proper workaround for multiple inheritence in Java (Android)
I have a conceptual problem with a proper implementation of code which seems require multiple inheritance, that would not be a problem in many OO languages, but as the project is for Android, there ...
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Does multiple inheritance violate Single Responsibility Principle?
If you have a class which inherits from two distinct classes, does not this mean that your subclass automatically does (at least) 2 things, one from each superclass?
I believe there is no difference ...
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Replacing Multiple Inhertance with delegation
I was going through "Object Oriented Modelling and Design" by James Rumbaugh et al and it said that in languages where multiple inheritance is not supported like Java three mechanisms can be used as ...
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Rails - to use STI or not…that is the question
Six months ago, I asked a question about modeling data for my app, and received some advice pointing me towards STI (see Rails data model - best practices question for the details).
I played around ...
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What are the pros and cons of multiple inheritance? [closed]
What are the consequences of allowing multiple inheritance in a programming language? Why does multiple inheritance tend to violate the very essence of OOP? Is that what differentiates a pure OOP ...
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How to layout class definition when inheriting from multiple interfaces
Given two interface definitions ...
IOmniWorkItem = interface ['{3CE2762F-B7A3-4490-BF22-2109C042EAD1}']
function GetData: TOmniValue;
function GetResult: TOmniValue;
function GetUniqueID: ...
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Multiple inheritance use cases
Java omits multiple inheritance on the grounds that it obviates the design goal of keeping the language simple.
I wonder if Java (with its eco-system) is really "simple". Python is not complex and ...
