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Re: gnu.kawa.LispReader is abstract and I can't see why
- From: Per Bothner <per at bothner dot com>
- To: Nic Ferrier <nferrier at tapsellferrier dot co dot uk>
- Cc: kawa at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 18:34:36 -0800
- Subject: Re: gnu.kawa.LispReader is abstract and I can't see why
- References: <87vgd0wzf8.fsf@tf1.tapsellferrier.co.uk>
Nic Ferrier wrote:
> The class seems to perform a useful function.
>
> It's super class isn't abstract.
>
> So why is it abstract? Is there a reason or is this an oversight?
The reason is that it is meant to be sub-classed by language-specific
readers. However, I guess there is no reason to keep it abstract.
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