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Is it possible a class method have the same name as an existing function? [closed]
Courtesy link: What Are The Specific Meanings Of The Terms: Functions, Methods, Procedures, and Subroutines? What's the difference between a function and a method? In the linked question: function,...
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Why do heavily object-oriented languages avoid having functions as a primitive type?
As has been covered to the point of parody, heavily object-oriented languages, such as C# or Java, tend to lack the feature of having functions as a primitive type. You can argue about whether or not ...
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Referencing transient class attributes
I've just started dipping my feet into OOP. Is it considered bad practice to have classes that reference attributes that depend on another function being called and thus may not exist (version 1)? I'...
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Python: Function pipeline with multiple return/input values, or use OOP? Best Practices?
I have a 'processing' function and a 'serializing' function. Currently the processor returns 4 different types of data structures to be serialized in different ways. Looking for the best practise on ...
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How to choose between functions and objects
I have seen different approaches and it is not clear to me which one is the correct one. Some developers use lots of small, very specific objects, and compose them in some way to achieve their goal. ...
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Pure functions with a connection to a system
What's a good place to put pure functions that have connections to a system? public class Core { System system; } public class System { SubSystem subSystem; // subSystem.Multiply(a, b); }...
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Is SRP an ambiguous principle? [closed]
I've been aware of SOLID for many years now and I've always though about "OLID" was a good set of design principles to follow... problem is I've always found difficulties with the "S", I've always ...
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How to call an unknown member function through an instance of a related class?
I have two classes. The first, called Game_Events, controls the objects and manages the general tasks. The second, called Button, is for one of those object instances. The example below is wrong but ...
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Are any side effects not concrete side effects?
In Chapter 23 of "Object Oriented Software Construction" (1988), Betrand Meyer makes a distinction between side effects, concrete side effects, and abstract side effects. Meyer defines a side effect ...
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Are first-class functions a substitute for the Strategy pattern?
The Strategy design pattern is often regarded as a substitute for first-class functions in languages that lack them. So for example say you wanted to pass functionality into an object. In Java you'd ...
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Is splitting up a function into several inner functions an anti-pattern? [duplicate]
Imagine a long and complicated process, which is started by calling function foo(). There are several consecutive steps in this process, each of them depending on result of the previous step. The ...
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Reason to treat internal class variables and functions inside a class as "separate" entities
Note: there is a similar question that addresses my subject: Better style for member variables? ... but that question does not address "dealing with large legacy code base and comprehension of ...
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Why is "tight coupling between functions and data" bad?
I found this quote in "The Joy of Clojure" on p. 32, but someone said the same thing to me over dinner last week and I've heard it other places as well: [A] downside to object-oriented programming ...
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Naming functions that retrieve a value
I have this personal rule to start all function/method names with a verb. My verb of choice for functions or methods that get a value based on some data structure or object is get. I'm wondering if ...
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Should I use chained functions in Java?
From time to time, I'll have a class in Java that takes a multitude of parameters, however, sometimes when I am creating an object of this class, I don't need to use all the parameters. As of now, I ...
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