RE: Multimethod/multisub thought... [x-adr]

2003-01-24 Thread Brent Dax
Garrett Goebel: # Brent Dax wrote: # > # > This is also a problem with using want(). # > # > If we don't provide wants_scalar/wants_list, someone will # > build it with want(), so we might as well try to address # > it. I suggest that want() return a special value when # > the calling context is

RE: Multimethod/multisub thought... [x-adr]

2003-01-24 Thread Garrett Goebel
From: Dan Sugalski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Okay, I think I remembered the problem. Assume the following: > > list bar(int); # bar takes an int, returns a list > scalar bar(int); # bar takes an int, returns a scalar > > and also assume the following: > > xyzzy(scalar); # xyz