RE: [Opencxx-users] C++ design patterns

[SF M. E. <el...@us...>]

> > 3.2 There are several classes with the same methods "What" and
> > "Translate". Why were they not moved into another base class like
> > "Translatable" or "Typeof" that would be used for multiple inheritance
> > together with the class "NonLeaf"?
> 
> These methods are not the same. Each of them has different implementation.
> How can you move them to a base class?
> 
> Perhaps you mean moving the interface to separate base class, e.g.:
> 
>     class [whatever]
>     {
>         virtual int What() = 0;
>     };
> 
> is this what you mean?

Yes. Also: virtual int Translate() = 0;
Is this refacoring okay for you? Those classes can not be seen with "value semantics" after it.