On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 5:09 PM, Igor Stasenko <siguctua@gmail.com> wrote:
you mean changing compiler to compile
"<obj> Foo" message send for accessing Foo name, instead of direct
binding access?
Oh, I see. The source code still reads as a variable access, but the bytecode implements a message send. Sure, that would be equivalent to Eliot's idea. Instead of a different receiver for each variable, it's a different message for each variable.
That's a lot more feasible, but I don't see any advantage over just sending #value to the binding, and it's more work. We already have tools that know how to deal with bindings, and they'd all have to be converted to the new scheme.