Abstract classes vs interfaces, casting from void*
John Colvin
john.loughran.colvin at gmail.com
Sat Aug 10 14:29:03 UTC 2019
On Saturday, 10 August 2019 at 10:11:15 UTC, Alex wrote:
> On Saturday, 10 August 2019 at 08:20:46 UTC, John Colvin wrote:
>> On Friday, 9 August 2019 at 13:39:53 UTC, Simen Kjærås wrote:
>>> <snip>
>>
>> Thanks for the extra detail.
>>
>> Is there a solid reason to ever use an interface over an
>> abstract class? (Other than multiple inheritance).
>>
>> I'm such a noob at anything related to OO.
>
> The general question is tricky, as different languages differ
> in details what is forced and what is allowed for abstract
> classes and interfaces.
>
> But roughly speaking, my opinion is: if you can/want to provide
> some default behavior than you are about to write an abstract
> class.
> If you are about to provide information/restriction of
> behavior, then this is more like an interface.
Ok. What would go wrong (in D) if I just replaced every interface
with an abstract class?
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