From: Patrick May <patrick@...>
Date: 2004-06-28T09:30:23+09:00
Subject: Re: Is it considered Harmful?


On Sunday, June 27, 2004, at 08:02  PM, Sean O'Dell wrote:
> Those variables will still exist; all that changes is the class that 
> handles
> them.  The original class still does all the initialization work.  
> #class=
> changes the class of an existing object, so the old class has no more
> responsibility once it has been replaced.  The class replacing it 
> takes over
> all functionality.

If an object of SomeClass becomes a Tempfile (or any other class with 
significant internal state), which class is responsible for the 
initialization work?

~ Patrick