Title :
Multimethods in C++ using recursive deferred dispatching
Author_Institution :
Saint Petersburg State Univ. of Inf. Technol., Mech., & Optics
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;
Journal_Title :
Software, IEEE