Re: OODL: Goofball OT question

[DeRobertis]

At 10:42 AM -0400 on 7/17/99, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>I'm wishy-washy about what more could be done. I
>don't think I want a heavily typed xTalk, and CompileIt! did let you
>influence what types were used internally. But maybe it should support better
>typing when you really want, say, a "float" that works like a float.


I would have different types:

        auto -- default. Behaves like variables in HyperTalk. Converts as
                needed. Slow.

        integer -- long int type in C
        real    -- double type in C

        etc.