Uniform and safe metaclass composition

Computer Languages, Systems and Structures

Volumn 31, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 143-164

  Ducasse, Stéphane ^a   Schärli, Nathanael ^a   Wuyts, Roel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Metaclass composition; Mixins; Reflective kernel; Reuse; Traits

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; PROBLEM SOLVING; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

METACLASS COMPOSITION; MIXINS; REFLECTIVE KERNEL; SMALLTALK; TRAITS;

COMPUTER SCIENCE;

EID: 18444409687     PISSN: 14778424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cl.2004.11.003     Document Type: Article

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