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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