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   From: musiphil@bawi.org   
      
   On 2012-04-28 20:12, Dan McLeran wrote:   
   >> You missed my point. The question is, why bother to separate the   
   >> virtual implementation from the non-virtual interface in the first   
   >> place? It's because you can put in the non-virtual interface some   
   >> operations that should stay regardless of any future   
   >> overriding. Without the additional operations (including possible   
   >> additions in the future), the separation is meaningless.   
   >>   
   >> You explicitly stated in the beginning of your post that you meant   
   >> to "illustrate the power of this idea and why you should add this   
   >> technique to your arsenal [...]." And "in the interest of making the   
   >> post as short as possible," you just demonstrated a technique   
   >> without really showing its power or why it should be used.   
   > I see your point. I may need a longer and better example to convince you.   
      
   I'm glad you got the point. You don't need to try to convince me, though,   
   since I already understand the usefulness of the idiom. My advice was   
   to help your post succeed in convincing a larger number of readers.   
      
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