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> Supercalls are completely superfluous and are replaced by calls to
> ordinary procedures.
> To reiterate: a type one inherits from always belongs to some known
> module,
> therefore one has access to the procedures in that module, including
> whatever initialization procedures one might need for hidden fields.
>
> The situations you described all can be handled this way without a
> slightest damage to encapsulation.
Well put. The usefulness of the module as a compilation
unit for encapsulation is a great strength of Component
Pascal. I always have difficulty convincing other people
whose only experience with OO programming is C++
and Java of its benefits.
Stan
J. Stanley Warford
Professor of Computer Science
Pepperdine University
Malibu, CA 90263
Stan.Warford{([at]})nowhere.xy
310-506-4332
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