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- From: Expertek@nesbbx.rain.COM (**)
- Subject: Re: anything isKindOf: nil ==> true (Objectwork
- References: <1h42e6INNdma@montaigne.lif.icnet.uk>
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.smalltalk
- Distribution: world
- X-NewsSoftware: BBX-UMB 0.27a beta (Nov 30 1992)
- Message-ID: <Expertek.0ki3@nesbbx.rain.COM>
- Date: 26 Dec 92 11:07:14 PST
- Organization: NESBBX Bulletin Board System
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- Some of these discussions seem silly, but:
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- There is only one instance of nil. Every occurance of the statement nil
- links one to the same instance. I agree that since nil is a slotholder
- for Object superclass, it cannot be said to inherit from nil conceptually
- but it would be worth a try to see :-) if all objects respond to all nil
- messages except where overridden. If that's the case, nil would be a
- case of multiple inheritance as UndefinedObject would inherit from itself.
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- Have fun following that!
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