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
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