I wanted to share a pattern I've been playing with in some scrap code.
type
Person = object
name:string
age:int
proc val(typ:typedesc[Person], name:string, age:int):Person =
# Possibly complicated initialization logic.
result.name = name
result.age = age
proc new(typ:typedesc[Person], name:string, age:int):ref Person =
result.new()
result[] = typ.val(name, age)
proc main =
let person_ref = Person.new("Joe", 30)
let person_val = Person.val("Joe", 31)
echo person_val
echo person_ref[]
when isMainModule:
main()
As little as it matters I like the feel of _Person.new()_ and _Person.val()_.
Side question: does anyone have a pattern they like for sharing logic between
the procs that build objects and their ref counterparts?
