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Mixin-Based Programming in C++

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Generative and Component-Based Software Engineering (GCSE 2000)

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Abstract

Combinations of C++ features, like inheritance, templates, and class nesting, allow for the expression of powerful component patterns. In particular, research has demonstrated that, using C++ mixin classes, one can express layered component-based designs concisely with efficient implementations. In this paper, we discuss pragmatic issues related to component-based programming using C++ mixins. We explain surprising interactions of C++ features and policies that sometimes complicate mixin implementations, while other times enable additional functionality without extra effort.

We gratefully acknowledge the sponsorship of Microsoft Research, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Cooperative Agreement F30602-96-2-0226), and the University of Texas at Austin Applied Research Laboratories.

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  1. College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332

    Yannis Smaragdakis

  2. Department of Computer Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, 78712

    Don Batory

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  1. Department of Computer Science, Concordia University, 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd West, Montreal, Quebec, H3G 1M8, Canada

    Greg Butler

  2. School of Computing, Dept. of Computer Science, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117543

    Stan Jarzabek

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Smaragdakis, Y., Batory, D. (2001). Mixin-Based Programming in C++. In: Butler, G., Jarzabek, S. (eds) Generative and Component-Based Software Engineering. GCSE 2000. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2177. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44815-2_12

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