Bill Baxter wrote:
On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 5:18 AM, Lutger <lutger.blijdest...@gmail.com> wrote:
Ary Borenszweig wrote:
The feature isn't very dynamic since the dispatch rules are defined
statically. The only thing you can do is rewire the associative
I don't get it, what if WhatTypeToPutHere does a dynamic lookup, then it's
pretty much the same a Javascript isn't it? Except that everything in
Javascript does dynamic lookup and in D you are restricted to types that
have this dynamic lookup (which, pending a phobos solution you have to code
yourself). Do you mean to say this 'except' is the obstacle somehow?
How is that less dynamic? You would be able to call or even redefine at
runtime, for example, signals defined in xml files used to build gui
components.
It is a bit less dynamic because in D it's all done with templates.
It's a helluva lot more dynamic in D because it can do code generation
on request. The "dynamic" bit in Javascript is really an AA lookup, +
reflection.
