On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 11:11 AM, Nick Wellnhofer <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 12/04/2012 18:14, Marvin Humphrey wrote:
>> void
>> lucy_init_parcel(void) {
>> lucy_Bool_init_class();
>> lucy_Hash_init_class();
>> }
>
>
> CFC could also generate this code this automatically by simply checking
> whether a class has an "init_class" function.
If we autogenerate the parcel-level routine, then the user doesn't get to
control the order in which the class-level init routines get called.
It seems to me as though initialization should be coordinated at the parcel
level because parcels are the load units of Clownfish.
I also think it's good practice to avoid reserving function names and imbuing
them with special meaning if there's another way to achieve the same end. One
nice thing about ${parcel_prefix}init_parcel is that it can't conflict with
any routines declared in a clownfish class. (Aside from that, there's nothing
special about the name.)
Marvin Humphrey
