Re: [platform-swt-dev] Decorations vs. Shell

[Steve Northover <Steve_Northover@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Can't do it for the original reason
we were unable to make the class abstract - binary compatibility.  The
class is here forever.

David Whiteman <dlwhiteman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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04/05/2004 04:33 PM

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Monday, April 5, 2004, 4:28:13 PM, Steve Northover
wrote:

> It was supposed to be a placeholder for MDI.  That work never
happened. 
> The class should be "abstract" but we were unable to change
it before 1.0 
> shipped.  Do not use it or reference it.

Is Eclipse dependent on Decorations existing as a separate class?  If
not, why not combine the two classes into Shell?  Or do you envision
having another subclass of Decorations in the future?

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