inheritance.md

Class Inheritance in TechScript

Inheritance allows a class to inherit properties and methods from a parent class.

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🏗️ Subclassing

To inherit from another class, specify the parent class name in parentheses after the subclass name:

class Animal:
    name is ""

    to init(name):
        self.name becomes name

    to sleep():
        say "{self.name} is sleeping..."

# Dog inherits from Animal
class Dog(Animal):
    breed is ""

    to init(name, breed):
        self.name becomes name
        self.breed becomes breed

    to bark():
        say "Woof!"

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🧬 Method Overriding

Subclasses can override methods defined on the parent class:

class Cat(Animal):
    to sleep():
        say "Cat is sleeping on the couch."

my_cat is new Cat("Whiskers")
my_cat.sleep() # "Cat is sleeping on the couch."

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🚫 Multiple Inheritance Prevention

TechScript supports single inheritance. To share behaviors across multiple distinct types, implement Traits or Interfaces.