Re: [DotGNU]TextWriter, 'standard' overriding (a little OT)

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Rhys Weatherley wrote:

> Huh?  Because TextWriter does not inherit from Stream,
> there's no need to do this at all.  StreamWriter *uses* a
> stream, but doesn't inherit from it either.  And StringWriter
> doesn't need streams at all.  I'm confused as to where
> the problem is.  AllTypes.xml doesn't document this case,
> because there is no case, so to speak.


oops!
/me is dumb for totally missing this
I was thinking about when I was examining the spec for MemoryStream. Which is 
another one I might do ;)

But my question still remains. Say, for example, I want to override one of the 
other methods (i.e. for efficiency considerations, stuff not necessary in a 
subclass). Would it be legal to do this, w/o breaking compliance with the spec? 
(BTW, I realize how much more ridiculous I look for asking this question more 
and more :)

--
Seriously, the way I did this was by using a special /sbin/loader binary
with debugging hooks that I made ("dd" is your friend: binary editors
are for wimps).
        -- Linus Torvalds, in an article on a dnserver