implement vs override

[Peter C]

On Friday, 31 October 2025 at 23:36:57 UTC, Quirin Schroll wrote:
> On Friday, 31 October 2025 at 22:58:04 UTC, Peter C wrote:
>> NOTE: It's just an idea, not a proposal.
>>
>> I'm a big fan of clarity in design.
>>
>> Clarity is what makes your design understandable and 
>> maintainable.
>>
>> 'implement' - implements an abstract/interface method - 
>> First-time definition
>>
>> 'override' - overrrides a concrete base method - Replaces or 
>> extends existing logic
>
> This is a good idea for nomenclature in documentation, but it 
> doesn't work with the language. You can implement an interface 
> method by inheriting from a class that defines the method 
> without the base class implementing the interface.

ok. interesting...

interface IGreeter
{
     void greet();
}

class Base
{
     void greet() {}
    // Really, there should be a complier error here.
    // e.g "Error: Method 'greet' matches both a base class and 
interface signature."
    // so ok...what to do here?? remove or rename?
    // I don't think Base should sucessfully compile under this 
circumstance.
}

class Derived : Base, IGreeter
{

}