I'm still working on my use case, but it appears the new MetaClass PMC (src/pmc/metaclass.pmc) could use this vtable method as well; currently it only has an add_attribute PMETHOD.
On 3/4/07, Alek Storm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hmm, no, these deal with normal object attributes. I believe you're thinking of properties. I'll put together some sketch code with what I already have and post that. Thanks, Alek Storm On 3/5/07, chromatic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sunday 04 March 2007 19:13, Alek Storm wrote: > > > In fact, these vtable methods *encourage* the use of many languages in > > a single application. For example, without these methods, programmers > > have to be aware of the semantics of the Smalltalk object system and > > use extra code when dealing with Smalltalk objects, breaking > > abstraction. With them, however, interoperability is complete, and > > the Smalltalk object semantics are still satisfied. > > Are you intending to use these to store instance attributes? I thought the > point of these was to store annotations on PMCs--something very different > from member variables. > > Perhaps the discussion would be clearer if you were to sketch out the > specific > behavior you would like to enable in the HLL. > > -- c >
