Re: New 'GObject' as base for GtkObject?

[Havoc Pennington <hp redhat com>]

Bill Huey <billh@burn.ucsd.edu> writes:
> > OK, I'm lost here. Java, as far as I know allows no
> > multiple-inheritance of implementation, while you are jumping through
> > large hoops to achieve multiple inheritance of data and member
> > functions.
> 
> Java has interface inheritence as a means of dealing with MI issues.
>

Re-read: "Java allows no multiple inheritance of _implementation_" 

That is, it only has interfaces, you can't have two non-interface base
classes.
 
> Knowning modern OO design *should* be important for the Gtk core folks
> and not knowing that Java has a semi-form MI is a little peculiar to
> say the least.
>

The core GTK folks know far more about OO design than you probably
think. They just have no patience with people who confuse OO syntactic
sugar with OO design.
  
> MI is fairly important would normally indictate to me that folks the don't
> know it's benifits haven't use a modern GUI in the 90's. That's just bad.
>

Java does not have multiple implementation inheritance. Is Java not a
modern '90s GUI language? 
   
> Run time typing is powerful.
>

And GTK has it.
 
Havoc