Wonderful reply, and exactly what I would do if I had the time, resources, and was able to convince my business owners that refactoring was in their best interests. I didn't even mention the worst part - this code is replicated between an C++ class and a C++ stand-alone. But, they're in the same application and there's no time budgeted to combine them. (The testing time alone to re-factor would be large.)

In addition, even if I could re-factor, I probably wouldn't create a common base class between ClassA and ClassB. From an IS-A perspective, they don't share a common ancestor. They just share a common interface. I'm not sure I'd want to create a fictional ancestor just to describe a common interface. (Though, that could just be the Perl in me talking. *grins*)

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In reply to Re2: Be grateful for Perl OO by dragonchild
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