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Inheritance mechanisms are used to express many different programming concepts. In this paper we analyse these inheritance concepts to determine the requirements for an inheritance mechanism which is to support the concepts well. On the basis of this analysis we identify weaknesses in current mechanisms, particularly in the areas of modelling and signature modification and show how an inheritance mechanism can better fulfil the requirements while remaining type-safe.
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Evered, M., Keedy, J.L., Schmolitzky, A., Menger, G. (1997). How well do inheritance mechanisms support inheritance concepts?. In: Mössenböck, H. (eds) Modular Programming Languages. JMLC 1997. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1204. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-62599-2_44
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