From: David Alan Black <dblack@...>
Date: 2002-07-06T06:21:24+09:00
Subject: Re: is there a better string.each?

Hi --

On Sat, 6 Jul 2002, Tobias Reif wrote:

> Returning an object of the parent or child class is not contradicting
> that relationship. If a string is a special case of an array and is
> modeled as a subclass, then an array can still return a string and vice
> versa. (or did I misunderstand you)

You did understand: I was flagging the design issue (the
backwards/circular dependency) of having the parent class "know" about
the child class.


David

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