+ return false
+ end
+
+ redef fun has_global_property_by_name(n)
+ do
+ # has_global_property can be called during the construction of the class
+ # hierarchy to check that a type "X" is not a formal type.
+ if not computed_super_classes then return false
+
+ # Ensure that super-classes are constructed
+ compute_super_classes
+
+ if _properties_by_name.has_key(n) then
+ return _properties_by_name[n].length == 1
+ end
+ var set = _global_properties
+ var nset
+ if _properties_by_name.has_key(n) then
+ nset = _properties_by_name[n]
+ else
+ nset = new Array[MMGlobalProperty]
+ _properties_by_name[n] = nset
+ end
+ for c in che.direct_greaters do
+ if c.has_global_property_by_name(n) then
+ var g = c.get_property_by_name(n)
+ if not set.has(g) then set.add(g)
+ if g.is_init and g.intro.local_class.global != global then continue
+ if g.intro.name.to_s.first == '@' then continue # inherited new style attibutes are invisible
+ if nset.has(g) then continue
+ nset.add(g)
+ end
+ end
+ return nset.length == 1
+ end
+
+ # Make the name of a global property meaningful in the class
+ fun make_visible_an_inherited_global_property(glob: MMGlobalProperty)
+ do
+ var names = _properties_by_name
+ var gname = glob.intro.name
+ var conf_set: Array[MMGlobalProperty]
+ if names.has_key(gname) then
+ conf_set = names[gname]
+ else
+ conf_set = new Array[MMGlobalProperty]
+ names[gname] = conf_set
+ end
+ conf_set.add(glob)