Can you have static "class variables" declared on a mixin?
On Jan 7, 2008 4:31 PM, P T Withington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> We have a plan!
>
> A _mixin_ (we need to update our terminology) is really just an
> _interface_ with implementation. The JS2 back end, when it sees a
> mixin has to remember the implementation, and has to emit an interface
> declaration (i.e., copy the declaration through, stripping out any
> implementation -- actually, initially, it could leave out the body
> altogether I think). Then, for each class that uses that mixin:
>
> mixin amixin { <body of amixin> };
>
> mixin bmixin { <body of bmixin> };
>
> class aclass extends anotherclass with amixin, bmixin { <body of
> aclass> };
>
> the compiler has to emit 'interstitial' classes:
>
> interface bmixin {};
>
> class lzsc::bmixin$anotherclass extends anotherclass implements
> bmixin {
> <body of bmixin>
> };
>
> interface amixin {};
>
> class lzsc::amixin$bmixin$anotherclass extends lzsc::bmixin
> $anotherclass implements amixin {
> <body of amixin>
> }
>
> class aclass extends lzsc::amixin$bmixin$anotherclass implements
> amixin, bmixin { <body of aclass> }
>
> Don, if we don't have a task filed for this, please file one.
>
>
> On 2008-01-07, at 16:08 EST, Henry Minsky wrote:
>
> > So what should we do with traits, I wonder.
> >
> >
> > On Jan 7, 2008 3:36 PM, P T Withington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> Remember Class.lzs is really just the runtime support for JS2 class
> >> semantics in a JS1 runtime. So the goal is to have that be unused in
> >> a JS2 runtime (like swf9).
> >>
> >>
> >> On 2008-01-07, at 15:34 EST, P T Withington wrote:
> >>
> >>> I agree.
> >>>
> >>> I'm just not sure if we need a UserClass (that is a subclass of
> >>> view) that these classes inherit from, or if they can just directly
> >>> inherit from view (or some other lfc class). There is some stuff
> >>> that happens in UserClass that is different from node.
> >>>
> >>> On 2008-01-07, at 15:30 EST, Henry Minsky wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I think the most pragmatic thing to do is to bite the bullet, so to
> >>>> speak, and make
> >>>> the tag compiler emit class { .... } declarations for user-defined
> >>>> classes. It seems like
> >>>> the alternative would be to use our Class.lzs in swf9 for user-
> >>>> defined classes
> >>>> at runtime, which seems like it would cause all sorts of confusion.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> Henry Minsky
> >>>> Software Architect
> >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Henry Minsky
> > Software Architect
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
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