From: David Flanagan <david@...>
Date: 2007-06-14T06:55:19+09:00
Subject: Re: new method dispatch rule (matz' proposal)

Meinrad,

I favor leaving private methods exactly as they currently are, but 
adding a new mechanism or visibility level that a class writer can use 
to ensure that local helper methods are not overwritten.  Surely the 
author of a class ought to have the right to decide whether subclassers 
are allowed to meddle!

     David

Meinrad Recheis wrote:
> I strongly disagree here. While I think it is good to protect private
> methods against inadvertently overriding them, I consider it harmful
> to completely hide them from subclasses. If I really want to change
> something I should be able to do so (i.e. via reflection). In
> languages with strict privacy concepts like Java it is a pain to
> extend a class in ways other than intended by the author of that
> class.
> 
> -- henon