Re: Connection::connect() interface is changing

[Axel Howind]

Warren Young schrieb:
> Joel Fielder wrote:
>>
>> Perhaps the named constructor idiom is an
>> alternative option for consideration?
> 
> I don't see a big difference.  Lacking a strong motivation, I'll go with 
> the non-idiomatic way.  The problem with idioms is that they're 
> confusing to those who don't know them yet.

Subclassing introduces the possibility of slicing, which  won't happen 
in this case when using a named constructor.