Metaclasses and reflection in smalltalk.

CLARK, Anthony (1997). Metaclasses and reflection in smalltalk. Technical Report. University of Bradford. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

Many object-oriented programming languages provide reflective features which may be used to control the interpretive mechanism of the language. Often, these features are defined with respect to a golden braid consisting of objects, classes and metaclasses. This paper describes the Smalltalk golden braid and generalize it for multiple inheritance. Multiple inheritance leads to choices between many different inheritance strategies. The reflective features of Smalltalk cannot affect the basic mechanisms of inheritance and so an arbitrary choice must be made for multiple inheritance. A language is described in which the reflective features of Smalltalk are extended so as to allow programmer defined inheritance strategies.

Item Type: Monograph (Technical Report)
Research Institute, Centre or Group - Does NOT include content added after October 2018: Cultural Communication and Computing Research Institute > Communication and Computing Research Centre
Departments - Does NOT include content added after October 2018: Faculty of Science, Technology and Arts > Department of Computing
Depositing User: Tony Clark
Date Deposited: 12 Apr 2016 10:20
Last Modified: 12 May 2021 19:03
URI: https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/11924

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