NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #3/NN_1993_3.iso/spool/comp/object/5038

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From: [e-mail] (Paul Keddie)
Newsgroups: comp.object
Subject: Maintenance and OO
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Date: 25 Jan 93 09:31:00 GMT
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Hi!

I am reasonably new to the OO paradigm and would like to know of
people's real experiences in having to maintain lager 00 programs written
in C++.

I know that, in theory, the benefits OO gives to developers should also
count for maintainers (data hiding, etc) -- but does this bare up in
practise? Specifically:

1) Are 00 programs harder to maintain than normal functional programs?
2) Do maintainers need to adopt new approaches to maintenance for 00
   programs?. For example, I've found trying to track function calls can
   lead to dead ends if you come to a call to 'Handle' in an event-driven
   program. Is my approach wrong?

3) Are there more difficulties because of C++ rather than the 00 paradigm?
4) Is badly written C++, 00 programs worst than the equivalent C programs?

I think that is enough for now, thanks in advance for your comments

Paul
Software Maintenance Group, Software Technology Division, BT
Research Labs, Martlesham Heath, Ipswich, IP5 7RE, UK
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