On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 11:43 AM, Jeff Watkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd absolutely second the catchall request.
+1. Catchalls allow one to implement a generic forwarding proxy. Two examples of usage: 1. A generic "future" object that enqueues requests sent to it, returning a "future" for the result. Right now, Tyler Close's ref_send library in JavaScript: http://waterken.sourceforge.net/bang/ requires explicitly reified message sends: drum_.post('bang', [ 2 ]); whereas, with generic futures, it could simply be: drum_.bang(2); 2. An object whose implementation is changed at runtime. E.g. to support schema evolution and persistence (faulting in from stable storage upon invocation). Ihab -- Ihab A.B. Awad, Palo Alto, CA _______________________________________________ Es-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss
