On Sunday, 24 July 2016 at 07:54:11 UTC, Jonathan Marler wrote:
On Thursday, 21 July 2016 at 13:37:30 UTC, Saurabh Das wrote:
On Thursday, 21 July 2016 at 12:42:14 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
On Thursday, 21 July 2016 at 09:41:27 UTC, Saurabh Das wrote:
Java 8 has a 'default' keyword that allows interfaces to
provide a default implementation and sub-classes can
optionally override it if needed. The rationale behind it was
extending interfaces without causing old code to faill.
(called "virtual extension methods" or "defender methods").
The use case is similar to above.
Is there a way to achieve an equivalent functionality in D?
Thanks,
Saurabh
What an interesting technique. I've never seen this before.
Maybe a DIP is in order? I think it would be low priority
relative to the current work being done, but this technique
seems like a good thing to support in the language.
I first heard about this technique (or similar) in this post by
Jim Nelson about the Vala language:
https://blogs.gnome.org/jnelson/2011/11/01/a-few-of-my-favorite-vala-things-interface/
Antonio
