[3754] in java-interest
Re: Fundamental flaw in Java library distribution scheme
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Griswold)
Sat Nov 25 18:21:21 1995
Date: Sat, 25 Nov 95 13:57:43 PST
To: Jim.Graham@Eng.Sun.COM, java-interest@java.Eng.Sun.COM
From: david@longview.com (David Griswold)
Cc: flar@bendenweyr.Eng.Sun.COM, wnj@sw.central.Sun.COM
Jim Graham wrote:
>Hi Dave,
>
>You keep claiming to have an overriding case and an overloading case to
>this problem, whereas what you are really trying to make is a case
>about how return types would cause a method override to fail and
>another case about how a different argument type would cause a method
>override to fail. When you change an argument type you are not <<<<**
>overriding but overloading and you cannot expect the new method to
>automatically override calls to the original method. Read further for
>more detail:
There appears to be a nearly 100% failure to communicate going on here.
If you look at the emphasis I have added above, you once again claim that I
am trying to override by changing argument types. I am not claiming that,
I never did claim that, and the academics who have followed this closely have
had no problems whatsoever understanding my point, nor its importance.
I appreciate your attempt to address my concerns, however, I will not discuss
this issue further with you.
-Dave
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