New | BasicNew What is the Difference?
Stephan B. Wessels
stephan.wessels at sdrc.com
Mon Jan 11 12:51:29 UTC 1999
Ralph E. Johnson wrote:
> Yes, but Form class>>extent:depth: could call
> super new
> instead of calling basicNew. I prefer to use basicNew only if the
> class does not inherit the primitive version of new.
>
> -Ralph
I think that's right but I didn't look any further up the food chain. I wonder
if it's possible that a super new in the food chain could still end up getting us
into trouble however. I'd want to look it over again before I say more.
Of course the author of the method would be the best person to ask why it was done
this way. I came up with a reasonable story for why #new would not work in that
scenario.
- Steve
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