Object shadowing – a key concept for a modern programming language

Abstract

Object shadowing is an established programming concept that is supported by languages such as LPC. Thus far, shadowing in LPC appears to have been driven mainly by pragmatics rather than having followed any particular formal evolutionary path. In this paper, we describe the concept of object shadowing and suggest a number of suitable application areas that would benefit from further development of the concept. We explain how the concept must be specifically tailored for these application areas.