Re: Object spec

2003-03-06 Thread Dave Whipp
Sam Vilain wrote: Associations *are* fundamental object things. Presenting them in terms of attributes is the real hack. I agree with this statement; and Brent previously asked what associations *are*. The problem with describing them in terms of attributes/properties not not so much that its

Re: Multiple Inheritance eq Interfaces [was: Re: Object spec]

2003-03-06 Thread Larry Wall
On Thu, Mar 06, 2003 at 10:16:40AM +, Simon Cozens wrote: : Like mixins? Perhaps something like this: : :class My::Class; :mixin My::Random::Number::Generator qw( rand ); :mixin My::Serialisation::Marshall qw( freeze thaw ); : : Yey! With this, the Perl6-o-meter now stands at:

Re: Object spec [x-adr][x-bayes]

2003-03-06 Thread Sam Vilain
On Fri, 07 Mar 2003 05:48, Garrett Goebel wrote: Over on perl6-internals you've been talking about the need for Associations. Is the addition of associations all that's missing from Parrot to support exporting object relationships in a sensible and consistent manner? A prudent question. I