Multiple Dispatch
daniel.a.joyce at att.net
daniel.a.joyce at att.net
Mon Jun 16 13:12:21 UTC 2003
Hmmm?
Well, Integer could heavily use multi-methods, as could code I am working on. I
find Double Dispatch to be ugly, as it spreads code all throughout classes.
<Integer> + <Float>
Where Int implements +, and + sends "AddInteger: Integer" to Float so float can
get some sort of type information.
-Daniel
> Hi lex
>
> I worked with CLOS during 4 years and I did not find the advantage of
> multi dispatch.
> You know this is like multiple inheritance you need that in 5% of the
> case and it
> makes the language much more complex for the rest 95%
>
> Stef
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