Re: What is the practical use of "abstract" and "interface"?

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On Wed, 2008-04-16 at 12:43 -0600, Nathan Nobbe wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 5:47 AM, Tony Marston <tony@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> 
> >
> > "Robert Cummings" <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > > While I agree that Interfaces are mostly a lot of extra code, I have to
> > > also say that they are there primarily to enforce a contract between the
> > > user of the interface and their classes that claim to implement the
> > > interface. If someone creates a class that "Implements" an interface,
> > > then when I have to go edit or use the class, it had better damn well
> > > implement what it says it does :)
> >
> > "enforcing a contract" is a lot of maningless gobbledegook. The simple
> > fact
> > is that it is possible to have an interface without ever using the term
> > "interface". Nothing extra is added by using the term "interface" (except
> > for effort) so there is absolutely no advantage in doing so. That is why I
> > say that the term "interface" is a waste of effort as absolutely nothng is
> > gained.
> 
> 
> can u say dejavu ??
> 
> lets c if we can get another 100 post thread going like we did last year :D
> this is turning into a dup.

I've been on this list long enough to know that 99% of what comes across
is a dupe :)

Cheers,
Rob.
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