On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 12:55 AM, hlovatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Note the dispatcher is written at runtime in response to loading > multi-methods, this is far more flexible than requiring a fixed set of > methods to be known at compile time. > > I chose symmetrical multiple dispatch, These are very sensible choices when you are extending Java as opposed to implementing a pre-existing language, as I am. I really should have spoken of multiple-inheritance methods rather than multimethods: thanks to the asymmetry, the difference between a single argument and many arguments is trivial to do. It's getting the multiple inheritance working correctly that's the hard bit. -- GMail doesn't have rotating .sigs, but you can see mine at http://www.ccil.org/~cowan/signatures --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "JVM Languages" group. To post to this group, send email to jvm-languages@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jvm-languages?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
