Diamond Inheritance and Attribute Types in Timor

By: J. Leslie Keedy, Christian Heinlein, Gisela Menger, Mark Evered

Abstract

In Timor multiple inheritance of methods from a common abstract ancestor and of separate “parts” from distinct supertypes are handled in different ways. The paper shows that neither technique is suitable for cases where a common concrete ancestor is specialised in different subtypes and then brought together in a new subtype, possibly with repeated inheritance.

Cite as:

J. Leslie Keedy, Christian Heinlein, Gisela Menger, Mark Evered, “Diamond Inheritance and Attribute Types in Timor”, Journal of Object Technology, Volume 3, no. 10 (November 2004), pp. 121-142, doi:10.5381/jot.2004.3.10.a2.