Unsubclass

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To cause (a previously subclassed window or object) no longer to act like a member of a subclass. transitive

    "A good convention for working with multiple subclasses is to only subclass the window procedure that is the first in the call chain and only unsubclass the one that is first."

Example

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"A good convention for working with multiple subclasses is to only subclass the window procedure that is the first in the call chain and only unsubclass the one that is first."

Etymology

From un- + subclass.

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