Re: RFC 265 (v1) Interface polymorphism considered lovely

[Tom Christiansen]

>We've had prototyping (context coercing) for methods as long as we've
>had them for "ordinary" subroutines.

Sure -- they just don't work.

Method calls are indirect function calls.  As such, they are not
resolved until run time.  Context coercion, however, is set at 
compile time--if at all.

--tom