On 28/11/14 13:36, Chris Marshall wrote: > On Nov 28, 2014 4:12 AM, "Tom Hacohen" <tom.haco...@samsung.com> wrote: >> >> On 28/11/14 10:05, Tom Hacohen wrote: >>> On 25/11/14 21:58, Chris Marshall wrote: >>>> I would like to support perl5 roles which are also known as traits: >>>> >>>> http://scg.unibe.ch/archive/papers/Scha03aTraits.pdf >>>> >>>> >From the positive experience with roles in perl5 modern OO >>>> developments, there is reason to believe that their support in >>>> EO might be equally useful and maybe an improvement over >>>> the mixin functionality. >>>> >>> >>> Thanks, will read into that. >>> >>> Will reply to the rest of your emails in a second. >> >> I don't see how they are different from mixins with 0 associated data. >> They just seem like a more restricted version of mixins. > > The main difference is that they get composed into the class as they are > applied so there is no further MRO or inheritance. This gives the good > parts of multiple inheritance without the pathologies.
OK, so they are a way to add methods to a class directly? Interesting. Though I don't see the benefits over mixins. They integrate well into the MRO and let you do a bit more (have data) that we actually use (though could refactor to avoid). -- Tom. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=157005751&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
