Luke, On Oct 28, 2005, at 9:44 PM, Luke Palmer wrote:
It was the fact that at each stage of the game, we summarized the defaults and requirements for each role, ignoring the internal makeup (i.e., what roles were composed into it, etc.).
This then imposes somewhat of an ordering with role composition. The role tree will need to be traversed breadth first, and conflicts/ requirements resolved on a level by level basis.
And it sounds correct to me.
It sounds "correct" to me as well (in theory,.. get it ,... in theory :P).
However, I do worry about how it will work out in practice. Part of the goal of roles (and I have been preaching this one since the hackathon) is that they are easier to use than multiple inheritance, have fewer headaches than mix-ins and are more useful than interfaces. Imposing ordering as described above may make things easier, or it may make things harder, only time and experience will tell. I am going to give this some more thought over the weekend, and see what I come up with.
Stevan
