• DocumentCode
    926633
  • Title

    Multimethods in C++ using recursive deferred dispatching

  • Author

    Shopyrin, Danil

  • Author_Institution
    Saint Petersburg State Univ. of Inf. Technol., Mech., & Optics
  • Volume
    23
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2006
  • Firstpage
    62
  • Lastpage
    73
  • Abstract
    The author proposes a new approach for multimethod implementation in C++ based on recursive deferred dispatching. The proposed approach provides a partially broken dependency between target classes and a broken dependency between target classes and multimethods. This approach provides multimethods with strong type safety and constant execution time. A multimethod is a virtual method of several objects. Programming languages such as Dylan and the Common Lisp Object System (CLOS) allow for multimethods
  • Keywords
    C++ language; LISP; object-oriented programming; C++; CLOS; Common Lisp Object System; Dylan; multimethod implementation; programming languages; recursive deferred dispatching; virtual method; Computational geometry; Dispatching; Information technology; Prototypes; Runtime; Safety; Shape; C++; multimethods; multiple dispatch; polymorphism; reusable libraries; template metaprogramming;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Software, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0740-7459
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MS.2006.77
  • Filename
    1628942