Am 22.08.2013 um 20:12 schrieb Stéphane Ducasse <stephane.duca...@inria.fr>:

>>> 
>>>> Does pharo support runtime trait composition or does it only work on class 
>>>> definition time. I mean something like
>>>> 
>>>> anObject addTrait: MySpecialCapability
>>>> anObject removeTrait: MySpecialCapability
>>> 
>>> Nope :)
>>> traits are static :)
>> 
>> Sad. You know I was not asking about trait but about runtime composable 
>> behavior. I'm not sure what you mean with "traits are static". If traits are 
>> static in pharo that's fine. If you think traits are static by design then I 
>> was looking for something that has a different name :)
> 
> :)
> 
> What I think is that traits are cool but not powerful enough but even the 
> ones that we have right now 
> makes the system more complex and this is what makes me sad :) I would prefer 
> something more powerful 
> and simpler: the graal :)
> 
Agreed. A simple prove that there is a more powerful approach to this 
small-shared-state-thingies-we-love exists would be nice :)

Norbert


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