Re: "Hiding" an inherited property?

From: Paul E Collins (find_my_real_address_at_CL4.org)
Date: 04/13/04 

Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 17:59:50 +0000 (UTC)

"Jacob" <jacobslusser@REMOVETHIShotmail.com> wrote:

> Is there a way to make a property of an inherited
> class invisible to the programmer? I know that
> using the keyword "new" allows you to create
> another property in the place of the existing one, but
> how can I make the property hidden and not available
> at all?

I don't think you can, and it would be a very bad thing to do from an
object-oriented standpoint.

For it to be possible to treat any inherited class instance as though it
were a base class instance, the inherited class must have all of the members
of the base class.

P.

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