http://wiki.apidesign.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=ExtensionMethods 2026-04-04T06:49:18Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.12.0rc1 http://wiki.apidesign.org/index.php?title=ExtensionMethods&diff=10814&oldid=prev 2025-09-10T06:10:43Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">←Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 06:10, 10 September 2025</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 2:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 2:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>The basic idea is to avoid extending [[RootClass]] ''physically'', but rather extend it ''virtually'' via a lexical compilation scope.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>The basic idea is to avoid extending [[RootClass]] ''physically'', but rather extend it ''virtually'' via a lexical compilation scope.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">See [[wikipedia:Extension_method]] explanation which may agree or contradict my view.</ins></div></td></tr> </table>

JaroslavTulach http://wiki.apidesign.org/index.php?title=ExtensionMethods&diff=10813&oldid=prev 2025-09-10T06:07:14Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">←Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 06:07, 10 September 2025</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>A way to extend [[RootClass]] (or any other class) with functionality without ''disturbing others''. Way better than [[DefaultMethods]]. Used in [[Kotlin]]. And also in [[Enso]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>A way to extend [[RootClass]] (or any other class) with functionality without ''disturbing others''. Way better than [[DefaultMethods]]. Used in [[Kotlin]]. And also in [[Enso]].</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The basic idea is to avoid extending [[RootClass]] ''physically'', but rather extend it ''virtually'' via a lexical compilation scope.</ins></div></td></tr> </table>

JaroslavTulach http://wiki.apidesign.org/index.php?title=ExtensionMethods&diff=10812&oldid=prev 2025-09-10T06:04:26Z

<p>New page: A way to extend <a href="/wiki/RootClass" title="RootClass">RootClass</a> (or any other class) with functionality without ''disturbing others''. Way better than <a href="/wiki/DefaultMethods" title="DefaultMethods">DefaultMethods</a>. Used in <a href="/wiki/Kotlin" title="Kotlin">Kotlin</a>. And also in <a href="/wiki/Enso" title="Enso">Enso</a>.</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>A way to extend [[RootClass]] (or any other class) with functionality without ''disturbing others''. Way better than [[DefaultMethods]]. Used in [[Kotlin]]. And also in [[Enso]].</div>

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