Re: MMD handling (was Re: Hackathon notes)

2005-07-08 Thread Yuval Kogman
On Fri, Jul 08, 2005 at 19:19:34 -0500, Rod Adams wrote: > Then all we need is a DWIMish sort function. Think of parameter list shape (slurpiness, arity) as a mold you can fit stuff into. Then it becomes a simple matter of reducing the match list to your compatible subs. Then see http://svn.ope

Re: MMD handling (was Re: Hackathon notes)

2005-07-08 Thread Rod Adams
David Storrs wrote: On Jul 8, 2005, at 4:25 PM, Dave Whipp wrote: Rod Adams wrote: multi method foo#bar (Num x) {...} multi method foo#fiz (String x) {...} $y = 42; $obj.foo#fiz($y); # even though $y looks like a Num $obj.foo($z); # let MMD sort it out. Instead of ch

Re: MMD handling (was Re: Hackathon notes)

2005-07-08 Thread Yuval Kogman
On Fri, Jul 08, 2005 at 16:45:09 -0400, David Storrs wrote: > Could we break them out into separate threads so that our poor summarizer > doesn't go > bonkers? See? That's what specialization/particulation is good for. Thanks for strengthening my point! -- () Yuval Kogman <[EMAIL PROTECTE

MMD handling (was Re: Hackathon notes)

2005-07-08 Thread David Storrs
First off, it seems like there are at least 3 topics being discussed under the "Re: Hackathon notes" subject line. Could we break them out into separate threads so that our poor summarizer doesn't go bonkers? On Jul 8, 2005, at 4:25 PM, Dave Whipp wrote: Rod Adams wrote: multi m