nusco

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   by nusco 16y ago

   From the OP: I considered changing the names because I had the same concern, but in the end I figured that the current name was good enough for a toy example. In hindsight, you're probably right I should have used other names (although your
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   by nusco 16y ago

   From the OP: I used dynamic proxies in both Java and C#. For example, I wrote the annotations introspector for Hibernate Annotations, and a memcached wrapper for a C# project. Both are proxy-based. However, using dynamic proxies in Java fee
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   by nusco 16y ago

   From the OP: I agree with you guys (or gals) on both calling super and redefining respond_to?(). Those are two of the "caveats" I mentioned at the end of the original post. I considered mentioning them explicitly, but the post is long enoug
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   by nusco 16y ago

   (From the original poster): You're right that I mischaracterized the diamond problem. I edited the post to fix that. My C++ mind model has been slipping away fast in part years. Definitely not like riding a bicycle.
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   by nusco 16y ago

   (From the OP): jknupp, I agree about that. I think that code reuse is one of the two reasons why people use inheritance in Java, but I don't think it's a very valid reason in general. Upcasting, on the other hand, definitely is. My point in