Re: [PHP4BETA] calling member in parent class

On Mon, 07 Feb 2000, Peter Kovacs wrote: > On Mon, 7 Feb 2000, Andrei Zmievski wrote: > > > Tell me then, why does Java have keyword 'super'? I mean, they could > > also just rename the Parent classes whenever appropriate. > > AFAIK (and I might be wrong here, as I don't have a reference with me) > java does *NOT* have a super keyword. You can only use the function call > "super()" in exactly *ONE* place, that is the first call of a constructor. > > I'd hardly call that a keyword. http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/html/15.doc.html#20448 > I'm with Zeev on this one. Why bother adding another keyword to the > language when it can be dealt with just as clearly in a simpler fashion. That is still debatable. -Andrei "Music expresses that which can not be said and on which it is impossible to be silent." -Victor Hugo