***** D method override mechanisms borked ******

Regan Heath regan at netwin.co.nz
Tue Jun 27 15:11:58 PDT 2006


On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 23:15:43 -0700, kris <foo at bar.com> wrote:
> Unfortunately that is not balanced in any manner by why the approach  
> might be useful (not the subversion aspect!), why it might be considered  
> more useful than one or several other alternatives, or why (for that  
> matter) it was chosen as the model for D.

These are some of the things I'm most interested in finding out.

> But again, this whole topic is actually about broken functionality and  
> what would appear to be quietly changing specs; not the pros and cons of  
> one approach over another.

I realised that was your intention, however, why can't we have a  
discussion too? I suspect Bruno just wanted a discussion and started by  
giving his opinion on the 'only correct' way to do it. I'm interested in  
finding out what other options there are and hearing what people think the  
pros and cons of the various options are.

> That aspect holds little value vis-a-vis the original post, so you'll  
> perhaps forgive me if I decline from discussing further at this time?

Sure, no worries.

> If Walter wishes to open up the topic for input, and chooses to be frank  
> about the original design and what his concerns are, that would make for  
> interesting material ... we could perhaps all learn a thing or two

Why wait for Walter! I'm sure everyone has an opinion about how it should  
work, someone might even come up with something Walter hasn't considered  
.. after all D is a new language with some unique properties/features,  
perhaps an option which isn't so good for java or C++ will be better for  
D, who knows!

Regan



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