Is Object bloated?

jan ziak ziakjan at host.sk
Wed May 28 16:34:24 UTC 2003


On Mon, 26 May 2003 21:17:56 -0700, JOEL SHELLMAN wrote
> I took a look at the Object type today and was startled to see how many
> methods there are defined on it. Especially such specialized things 
> as morphs. Why should the Object class know anything about morphs, 
> SUnit, skins, and collections?
> 
> I assume that nearly everything subclasses from Object, correct? Why 
> is Object so huge?
> 
> And I guess what I'm really asking is... "should" Object be this 
> huge, or has it just become such from poor design or some other reason?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -joel shellman

my personal opinion is that Object IS bloated. this is one of the reasons why 
i have started the "monopoly of classes" thread. jz.



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