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Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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> Except it doesn't. A virtual ebuild: |
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> * installs nothing |
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> * does nothing |
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I'd say that virtual does indeed do something: it pulls in other packages. |
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> * should be treated as being very quickly installable |
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> * should be treated as having zero cost for installs |
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> The property proposed corresponds to only the last of these. |
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Still, the term "virtual" fits the spirit of the idea well. |
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> Virtual methods in OO can do lots. You're thinking 'pure virtual' or |
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> 'abstract'. |
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Yes, you are correct (pure virtual is what I was thinking). |
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-Joe |
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