Classes in LabVIEW are a great step over (and finally, with LV 2009 them start to work...) but there are still two 'holes'
Abstract methods.
It would be great to have the possibility to define abstract methods and interfaces. Now I'm forcing an error into the error out indicator to notify the usage of a method not yet defined but it would be better to make the compiler to recognize the usage of abstract methods during the design time. One way to define abstract methods could be the introduction of a new entry in the 'class menu' and allowing to define them just in term of front panel (block diagram not available).
Class duplication.
An object is duplicated on each node, so is not easy to work into parralel loops on the same instance. To use the same instance I have used references, but it is not so easy to use (not as the 'normal' wires) and it hasn't the same performance (working with reference is heavier than working with instances). It would be great to introduce a mechanism that implements the convertion from instance to object, something likes a standard 'getReference' and 'getInstance'.
