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Multimethods in C++ Using Recursive Deferred Dispatching
May/June 2006 (vol. 23 no. 3)
pp. 62-73
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Danil Shopyrin, "Multimethods in C++ Using Recursive Deferred Dispatching," IEEE Software, vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 62-73, May/June, 2006.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/MS.2006.77,
author = {Danil Shopyrin},
title = {Multimethods in C++ Using Recursive Deferred Dispatching},
journal ={IEEE Software},
volume = {23},
number = {3},
issn = {0740-7459},
year = {2006},
pages = {62-73},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MS.2006.77},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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KW - multimethods
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Danil Shopyrin, Transas Technologies and Saint Petersburg State University of Information Technologies, Mechanics, and Optics
A multimethod is a virtual method of several objects. Some object-oriented programming languages support multimethods, but C++ doesn't. The proposed multimethods implementation approach based on recursive deferred dispatching allows multimethod functionality in C++. The approach is completely declarative and ensures compile-time type safety and integrity checking. It also provides a constant multimethod execution time, separate source code compilation, and is portable. The approach is generalized as a reusable freeware library intended to hide its complexity from the client code.
Index Terms:
multimethods, multiple dispatch, polymorphism, template metaprogramming, C++, reusable libraries
Citation:
Danil Shopyrin, "Multimethods in C++ Using Recursive Deferred Dispatching," IEEE Software, vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 62-73, May-June 2006, doi:10.1109/MS.2006.77
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