Inheritance

Tyrrell, A. J.

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A. J. Tyrrell²

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This chapter introduces single inheritance; it also covers the concept of polymorphism, the rules for conformance in Eiffel, and the related topic of reverse assignment. It concludes with a discussion of when inheritance is and is not appropriate.

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Tyrrell, A.J. (1995). Inheritance. In: Eiffel Object-Oriented Programming. Computer Science Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13875-3_9

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