FYI: Python 2.0c1 by H . Merijn Brand- October 11, 2000 I&39;m neither interested in python, nor in OO-programming, so don&39;t copy me in onreplies like you did with my ruby announcement, which you seemed to like.From: freshdfreshmeat.netNewsgroups: fm.announceSubject: Python 2.0c1 - High-level scripting language.Date: 10 Oct 2000 17:42:12 GMT application: Python 2.0c1 author: Guido van Rossum <guidopython.org> license: OpenSource category: DevelopmentLanguages homepage: http:freshmeat.netredirhomepage892580003 download:...http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.language.objects/2000/10/msg600.html Re: RFC 265 (v3) Interface polymorphism considered lovely by Piers Cawley- October 6, 2000 Perl6 RFC Librarian <perl6-rfcperl.org> writes:> This and other RFCs are available on the web at> http:dev.perl.orgrfc> > =head1 TITLE> > Interface polymorphism considered lovely>> ...> > > =head1 IMPLEMENTATION> > I have some ideas about this, and I believe it may be possible to do a> good chunk of the runtimecompile time behaviour in pure perl, but if> we are to gain performance gains for more than just the programmer> (though it&39;s my.http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.language.objects/2000/10/msg599.html Re: RFC 254 (v2) Class Collections: Provide the ability to overload classes by Piers Cawley- October 3, 2000 Greg Williams <gregcnation.com> writes:> At 11:01 +0100 20001002, Piers Cawley wrote:> >Hmm... I&39;m really not keen on this idea. Not keen at all. And I can&39;t> >for the life of me see what&39;s wrong with just making a factory method> >(or factory class):> ...> >Or even simply:> >> > package Forest;> > > > sub new > > my $class = shift;> > my Frog $local_frog_class = shift &39;Frog&39;;>..http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.language.objects/2000/10/msg598.html Re: RFC 335 (v1) Class Methods Introspection: what methods does this object support by Piers Cawley- October 3, 2000 JVromanssquirrel.nl (Johan Vromans) writes:> Quoting Piers Cawley, on October 2 2000, 09:44, in "Re: RFC 335 (v1) Cla"> > > $class->can(qr.);> > > > That wasn&39;t the similar thing I meant. I was talking about walking the> > ISA tree. But having C<can> work like that too would be neat.> > Exactly. &39;can&39; walks the ISA tree searching for a name and returning a> ref to the method if found. I seems straightforward to extend that...http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.language.objects/2000/10/msg597.html Re: Draft RFC: new pragma: C<use namespace> by David L. Nicol- October 2, 2000 Graham Barr wrote:> > I would suggest that anyone want to contribute to this discussion should> first read the thread about the addition of this pragma to perl5 in> the perl5-porters archives> > http:www.xray.mpe.mpg.decgi-binw3glimpseperl5-portersquery=use+namespace+pragma&errors=0&case=on&maxfiles=100&maxlines=30> > Graham. package chroot would be more powerful than use namespace.-- David Nicol 816.235.1187 nicoldumkc.edu .http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.language.objects/2000/10/msg596.html Re: RFC 254 (v1) Class Collections: Provide the ability tooverloadclasses by David L. Nicol- October 2, 2000 Greg Williams wrote:> easy to see which one will be used. By providing a single location where> ALL overloaded packages would go (VIRTUALZONE::$PACKAGE), you limit> yourself in the amount a class (or class collection) may be extended.VIRTUALZONE:: was an example; the virtual root could have any name, meaningthat any number of ISA hops could be required before resolution.-- David Nicol 816.235.1187 nicoldumkc.edu "A taste so good that we stand behind.http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.language.objects/2000/10/msg595.html Re: RFC 254 (v2) Class Collections: Provide the ability tooverload classes by Greg Williams- October 2, 2000 At 11:01 +0100 20001002, Piers Cawley wrote:>Hmm... I&39;m really not keen on this idea. Not keen at all. And I can&39;t>for the life of me see what&39;s wrong with just making a factory method>(or factory class):...>Or even simply:>> package Forest;> > sub new > my $class = shift;> my Frog $local_frog_class = shift &39;Frog&39;;> my Frog $frog = $local_frog_class->new;> bless( frog => $frog , $class);> .http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.language.objects/2000/10/msg594.html Re: RFC 335 (v1) Class Methods Introspection: what methods doesthis object support by JVromans- October 2, 2000 Quoting Piers Cawley, on October 2 2000, 09:44, in "Re: RFC 335 (v1) Cla"> > $class->can(qr.);> > That wasn&39;t the similar thing I meant. I was talking about walking the> ISA tree. But having C<can> work like that too would be neat.Exactly. &39;can&39; walks the ISA tree searching for a name and returning aref to the method if found. I seems straightforward to extend that toa pattern search, and return a list instead.-- Johanhttp://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.language.objects/2000/10/msg593.html Re: RFC 254 (v2) Class Collections: Provide the ability to overload classes by Piers Cawley- October 2, 2000 Perl6 RFC Librarian <perl6-rfcperl.org> writes:> This and other RFCs are available on the web at> http:dev.perl.orgrfc> > =head1 TITLE> > Class Collections: Provide the ability to overload classes> > =head1 VERSION> > Maintainer: Greg Williams <gregcnation.com>> Date: 17 Sep 2000> Last Modified: 1 Oct 2000> Mailing List: perl6-language-objectsperl.org> Number: 254> Version: 2> Status: Frozen> > =head1 ABSTRACT>.http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.language.objects/2000/10/msg592.html Re: RFC 265 (v3) Interface polymorphism considered lovely by Piers Cawley- October 2, 2000 David Grove <petepetes-place.com> writes:> > Java is one language that springs to mind that uses interface> > polymorphism. Don&39;t let this put you off -- if we must steal something> > from Java let&39;s steal something good.> > Interface inheritance is probably the least dignified thing to steal> from Java. If we have true multiple inheritance, interfaces don&39;t> apply. (As a C++ programmer, I&39;ve always had to consider the> interface OOP of Java...http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.language.objects/2000/10/msg591.html |