A while back I posted code that used globals to store object-like data. Once can put functions (or references to functions) into a string (stored in the object) and then executed with the "xecute" command.
Thus one could shoe-horn object orientated behavior from M Kevin On 8/25/05, Ruben Safir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't think you can, from what little I've seen > > Ruben > > On Thu, 2005-08-25 at 12:27, James Gray wrote: > > Ruben, > > Can you tell us how to do this in Mumps? > > > > Jim Gray > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Ruben Safir" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net> > > Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 9:12 PM > > Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] All about programming > > > > > > > On Wed, 2005-08-24 at 19:41 -0700, Gregory Woodhouse wrote: > > >> There's always the alternative of "the big switch", but it > > >> has it's own problems. How would you handle these cases? > > > > > > You have real references, real pointers or an associative array for the > > > dispatch table. None of these chew up global symbols. > > > > > > Ruben > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO > > > September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle > > > Practices > > > Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & > QA > > > Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * > http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Hardhats-members mailing list > > > Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO > > September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle > Practices > > Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & > QA > > Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf > > _______________________________________________ > > Hardhats-members mailing list > > Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO > September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices > Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA > Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members