A problem about tiebreaker rule in inheritance
cyberbaixing
cyberbaixing at yahoo.com.cn
Fri Jan 16 15:24:37 UTC 2004
Dear Jecel,
When I study the concept of sender path tiebreaker rule, I meet such
an exercise like this:
Below are five objects A,B,C,D and E. As usual, a * denotes a parent
slot with more *'s indicating lower priority. f and g are method
slots with g sending the message f to self.
A: p1**= B
p2* = C
B: p1* = C
p2* = D
C: f =(..)
D: p* = E
f =(..)
E: g= (..f..)
If the parent prioritizing and the sender path tiebreaker rule is in
effect, how about the result of A f, B f, A g, B g.
I think the result of A f is C f since p2 in A has a higher priority.
Both A g and B g are E g. I think the result of B f is D f. Because D
has a parent E is sending message. Thus, D has higher priority than
C. I am not sure my answer. Since one of my friend told me the result
of B f should be wrong since C and D are the parents which have the
same priority.
Many thanks.
--Xing
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