Re: Limit of 255 superclasses too low?

Tim Olson <d699rb302@sneakemail.com>
3 Dec 2003 17:54:45 -0500

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From: Tim Olson <d699rb302@sneakemail.com>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 3 Dec 2003 17:54:45 -0500
Organization: Compilers Central
References: 03-11-075
Keywords: OOP
Posted-Date: 03 Dec 2003 17:54:45 EST

  Uli Kusterer <witness@t-online.de> wrote:


| does any of you have a project (*any* project) where you have a class
| that has more than 255 superclasses? I.e.
|
| Is that a realistic limit? Or will some more advanced projects run into
| trouble with this approach? Does anybody know what figures other
| languages (like Objective C) are working with?


I just measured the Squeak smalltalk system: with 2725 classes the
maximum class tree depth was 16.


      -- Tim Olson

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