Quote: characterize Eiffel inheritance by "is-plus-but-except"; instance of parent with new, hidden or changed features and changed type signatures

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The relation on classes induced by inheritance may … used as instances of a parent class. … @ "Plus" since an heir may (and usually … the implementation of any feature or its signature … @ "Except" since an heir may decide not … own clients.   Google-1   Google-2

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