RE: BOUNCE sming@ops.ietf.org: Non-member submission from ["Putzolu, David"]

["Durham, David" <david.durham@intel.com>]

> >From david.putzolu@intel.com Mon Apr 30 12:47:25 2001
> To: "'sming@ops.ietf.org'" <sming@ops.ietf.org>
> Subject: Methods, Inheritance, Exceptions, etc. (was: Re: 
> Methods in SMIng
> 	?)
> Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 12:47:17 -0700
> 
> Other miscellaneous requirement comments:
> #33: Attribute Groups - Methods are strongly associated with classes 
> in the programming language lexicon, so choosing a different name is 
> a good idea.

[Dave] How about Attribute Class or aclass for short? Given your comment to
#34 below, I think the work "class" implies inheritance abilities, whereas
Attribute Groups, Structures, etc. do not.

> 
> #34: Single Inheritance - As long as we avoid methods, ctors/dtors,
> exceptions, etc., then single inheritance is not only useful but
> feasible as well.
> 
> -David
> 
> David M. Putzolu	     Sr. Architect, Internet 
> Infrastructure Group
> David.Putzolu@intel.com          (503) 264-4510, FAX (503) 264-3483
> 
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