Mark S. Miller wrote:
> <inheritance>
> 
> 
> Point as a non-final non-abstract root/mixin class where toString is a
> final method:
> 
> function PointMixin(self, x, y) {
>     Object.defineProperties(self, {
>         toString: {value: Object.freeze(function() ('<' + self.getX()
> + ',' + self.getY() + '>'))},
>             enumerable: true},
>         getX: {value: Object.freeze(function() x),
>             enumerable: true, flexible: true},
>         getY: {value: Object.freeze(function() y),
>             enumerable: true, flexible: true}
>     });
> }
> function Point(x, y) {
>     const self = Object.create(Point.prototype); // only for instanceof
>     PointMixin(self, x, y);
>     return Object.freeze(self);
> }
> Object.freeze(PointMixin);
> Object.freeze(Point.prototype);
> Object.freeze(Point);
> 
> 
> WobblyPoint as a non-abstract non-final subclass:
> 
> function WobblyPointMixin(self, wobble) {
>     const super = Object.snapshot(self); // a snapshot is a frozen copy
>     Object.defineProperties(self, {
>         getX: {value: function() (super.getX() + Math.random()*wobble),
>             enumerable: true, flexible: true}
>     });
> }
> function WobblyPoint(x, y, wobble) {
>     const self = Object.create(WobblyPoint.prototype); // only for instanceof
>     PointMixin(self, x, y);
>     WobblyPointMixin(self, wobble);
>     return Object.freeze(self);
> }
> Object.freeze(WobblyPointMixin);
> WobblyPoint.prototype = Object.create(Point.prototype, {
>     constructor: {value: WobblyPoint}
> }, true);
> Object.freeze(WobblyPoint);
> 
> 
> This gets self-overriding a super-binding correct under single
> inheritance and even under linearized multiple inheritance.
> 
> 
> </inheritance>
> 

That code is ugly.

-dean
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