Niladic Example

In the following example, DomesticParrot is derived from Parrot which is derived from Bird. They all share the Field Desc (inherited from Bird). Each of the 3 Classes has its own niladic Constructor called egg0.

:Class Bird
    :Field Public Desc
    ∇ egg0
      :Access Public
      :Implements Constructor
      Desc←'Bird'
    ∇
:EndClass ⍝ Bird

:Class Parrot: Bird
    ∇ egg0
      :Access Public
      :Implements Constructor
      Desc,←'→Parrot'
    ∇
:EndClass ⍝ Parrot

:Class DomesticParrot: Parrot
    ∇ egg0
      :Access Public
      :Implements Constructor
      Desc,←'→DomesticParrot'
    ∇
:EndClass ⍝ DomesticParrot

      (⎕NEW DomesticParrot).Desc
Bird→Parrot→DomesticParrot

Explanation

⎕NEW creates the new instance and runs the niladic Constructor DomesticParrot.egg0. As soon as the line:

:Implements Constructor

is encountered, ⎕NEW calls the niladic constructor in the Base Class Parrot.egg0

Parrot.egg0 starts to execute and as soon as the line:

:Implements Constructor

is encountered, ⎕NEW calls the niladic constructor in the Base Class Bird.egg0.

When the line:

:Implements Constructor

is encountered, ⎕NEW cannot call the niladic constructor in the Base Class (there is none) so the chain of Constructors ends. Then, as the state indicator unwinds ...