Re: OO Theory misconceptions (was Re: can I make a list of
Re: OO Theory misconceptions (was Re: can I make a list of
- Subject: Re: OO Theory misconceptions (was Re: can I make a list of
- From: Jon Pugh <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 08:36:58 -0800
At 9:24 AM +0100 1/31/02, Emmanuel wrote:
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From our point of view (the scientifics', in short), it would be cool, say,
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if an osax could give a sense to x+y where x and y are lists.
Warren wanted to send events for operations to the local app, which should have worked for this and other things but had several large implications which were too frightening for the schedule, which was already running long.
Operator overloading is even more insidious than coercions however, and the run time variations are endless since the code path depends on the run time type of each of the operands, at least in AppleScript. C++ has static types and as such the compiler decides which code will be used. AppleScript has dynamic types, so the determination can't be made until run time.
Jon