Tim Lesher wrote: > On 4/23/06, Simon Belak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> 1) type dispatch (also called multiple dispatch and overloading) >> >> A function is selected depending on types of arguments passed. >> >> Examples: C, Py3k?, PyProtocols.dispatch.on > > I think you meant to say "C++", not "C".
Yes, of course. > In any evernt, your "primer" is rather lopsided. If your goal is > really education rather than advocacy, you'd note the drawbacks of > using generics. There are more than one, and if you really understand > generics, then you can probably enumerate them. Yes, there are, but all are mostly implementation specific. > To me, the biggest drawback is their resistance to static analysis > (the human kind!). True, Python already has features that make static > analysis difficult, but there's no reason to make the problem worse if > you don't have to. I assume we are talking about border cases where function resolution order is not clear. Yes, it is harder, however why would you want to do static human analysis in a dynamic language? Fire up an interpreter prompt and "experiment". Cheers, Simon --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TurboGears" group. To post to this group, send email to turbogears@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/turbogears -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
