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Double dispatch

In software engineering, double dispatch is a special form of multiple dispatch, and a mechanism that dispatches a function call to different concrete functions depending on the runtime types of two objects involved in the call. In most object-oriented systems, the concrete function that is called from a function call in the code depends on the dynamic…

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Double dispatch

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Double dispatch

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related to Use cases · 11
Double dispatch → Adaptive, Aschedulealgorithm, Deciding, Double, Event, For, Lock, Not, Painting, Personnel, Sorting
related to C++ · 7
Double dispatch → At, By, Consider, For, Function, If, Thus
related to overview · 4
Double dispatch → CLOS, Double, The, To
related to A common idiom · 2
Double dispatch → In, The
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Double dispatch → special form of multiple dispatch

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Double dispatchis aspecial form of multiple dispatch0.90text
Double dispatchrelated to A common idiomThe0.60section
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Double dispatchrelated to C++At0.60section
Double dispatchrelated to C++Function0.60section
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