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CLASSES, Method vs SUBCLASS

jhjinc	21 Apr, 2006 - 08:19 AM Post #1
New D.I.C Head Joined: 21 Apr, 2006 Posts: 2 My Contributions	When a new method is required to access a CLASS, how does one decide whether to create a new SUBCLASS or simply add a new method to the SUPERCLASS?
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Nova Dragoon	21 Apr, 2006 - 08:25 AM Post #2
The Innocent Shall Suffer, Big Time Joined: 16 Aug, 2001 Posts: 6,128 Thanked 4 times Dream Kudos: 515 Expert In: Python, Linux My Contributions	What language are you using? moving to gen programming
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jhjinc	21 Apr, 2006 - 09:51 AM Post #3
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William_Wilson	21 Apr, 2006 - 09:35 PM Post #4
lost in compilation Joined: 23 Dec, 2005 Posts: 3,970 Thanked 15 times Dream Kudos: 3275 Expert In: Java, C, Javascript My Contributions	if the code in question has local variables which need to have seperate copies, or if the code should be treated as an object with individual status (eg: aPerson.print()) then it should be a class, or subclass. If the code simply takes in parameters and does a calculation or some specific non-individual task, then a method is what you are looking for Basically a class can be instatiated, and a method cannot, but remember that they can both have pointers though functors, and method/funtion pointers are not necessary, they are only for convenience.
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