How can you make an abstract subclass from something that was concrete? Subclassing means refinement or specialization.
This defies Logic, Object-Oriented Programming, and Common Sense.
regards,
John
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kurt D. Zeilenga [mailto:Kurt@OpenLDAP.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 8:04 PM
> To: Kathleen Dally
> Cc: IETF-LDAPbis@OpenLDAP.org
> Subject: Re: SUBCLASSING, again
>
>
> At 06:56 PM 2/11/2004, Kathleen Dally wrote:
> >I would have no trouble deleting the sentence from Models, section
> >2.4.3:
> > " Auxiliary object classes cannot subclass structural object
> >classes."
>
> Even though the model makes no sense in face of such constructions?
>
> >However, I do not believe that the intent to permit Auxiliary object
> >classes to subclass Structural object classes is as clear in X.501.
>
> Why? Since X.501 didn't explicitly disallow this, why do
> you think it clear that the intent was to disallow this?
>
> Kurt
>