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10 changes: 6 additions & 4 deletions docs/src/md/kotlin.core/declarations.md
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> // but d1 methods are still delegated to x1
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##### Abstract classes {#abstract-classes-declarations}

A [class declaration][Class declaration] can be marked `abstract`.
Such classes *cannot* be instantiated directly; they are used as superclasses for other classes or objects.
##### Class inheritance modifiers

Abstract classes may contain one or more abstract members: members without implementation, which should be implemented in a subtype of this abstract class.
Class inheritance behaviour can be changed using modifiers, such as `open`, [`abstract`][Abstract classes] and [`sealed`][Sealed classes and interfaces].

- Modifier `open` allows for a class to be inherited from. By default classes are [closed][Classifier type inheritance] (that is, they cannot be inherited from), one should add this modifier to change the behaviour.
- Modifier [`abstract`][Abstract classes] allows for a class to have members without implementation (that is, *abstract members*). Such classes *cannot* be instantiated directly; they are used as superclasses for other classes or objects. Abstract members must be implemented in a non-abstract subtype of this abstract class.
- Modifier [`sealed`][Sealed classes and interfaces] works similarly to the `abstract` modifier, but for *sealed* classes inheritance is limited to the module it was defined in.

#### Data class declaration

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