When does final mean "maybe, kinda, sorta" ?

[Andrei Alexandrescu (See Website For Email)]

kris wrote:
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> In short, it appears the example exhibits some poor practice (overriding 
> private methods), is somewhat misleading (one certainly *hopes* private 
> cannot be seen beyond module-scope), and discusses how to make "final" 
> mean something quite other than final.

I agree about the misleading part, but I don't think that overriding 
private methods is poor practice. In fact I think it's rich practice 
:o). See e.g. http://www.gotw.ca/publications/mill18.htm.

Andrei