From 5957721502155509197 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f78e5,1bc187fa7b436cfb X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public From: Valentin Bonnard Subject: Re: Collections of template classes?? Date: 1998/01/12 Message-ID: <34B7F3F6.3095@pratique.fr>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 315327237 References: <01bd1d09$c8622bb0$27e93dc0@jas1> X-Original-Date: Sat, 10 Jan 1998 23:19:36 +0100 Followup-To: comp.lang.c++.moderated Reply-To: bonnardv@pratique.fr Originator: austern@isolde.mti.sgi.com Organization: Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France X-Auth: PGPMoose V1.1 PGP comp.std.c++ iQBVAwUBNLqA20y4NqrwXLNJAQGiXAH/YkQq4hD0rDEtazwkIzw6EyHcdOjHzjCB fRSu9RSNcKolAmSc1qNC0fmRLayGEIC/TYnhm5UcK8qkF8LtAy9B/g== =Q0Kp Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ [Since this discution is about using C++, I redirect followups to comp.lang.c++.moderated] Jim Sievert writes _not litterally_: My summary> I've been struggling to use C++ to have polymorphic My summary> classes. I'm trying to avoid polymorphism. I've My summary> finally convinced myself that it can't be done. You are correct: C++ won't let you use polymorphism without using polymorphism. This flaw was there from the very beginning. Actually it's worse than that: it's hard to use C++ when you are trying to avoid using C++. -- Valentin Bonnard mailto:bonnardv@pratique.fr info about C++/a propos du C++: http://www.pratique.fr/~bonnardv/ --- [ comp.std.c++ is moderated. To submit articles: Try just posting with your newsreader. If that fails, use mailto:std-c++@ncar.ucar.edu comp.std.c++ FAQ: http://reality.sgi.com/austern/std-c++/faq.html Moderation policy: http://reality.sgi.com/austern/std-c++/policy.html Comments? mailto:std-c++-request@ncar.ucar.edu ]