Constructor to extend existing class

[answer]

there needs to be a way to add functions to a class without deriving or inheriting. Mostly because I like seeing

integrated = image.integrate();

more than

integrated = integrate(image);

mostly because in English the subject(object=image) is usually first then the verb(action=integrate).

[Chris_F]

there needs to be a way to add functions to a class without deriving or inheriting. Mostly because I like seeing

integrated = image.integrate();

more than

integrated = integrate(image);

mostly because in English the subject(object=image) is usually first then the verb(action=integrate).

You could switch to C# if it's that important to you. C# has extension classes.

[laserlight]

there needs to be a way to add functions to a class without deriving or inheriting. Mostly because I like seeing

integrated = image.integrate();

more than

integrated = integrate(image);

mostly because in English the subject(object=image) is usually first then the verb(action=integrate).

Since you are already aware that an interface can be extended by writing non-member non-friend functions, it is not a need, it is a want