Disable GC entirely

[Paulo Pinto]

On Wednesday, 10 April 2013 at 12:44:34 UTC, Manu wrote:
> On 10 April 2013 22:37, Andrei Alexandrescu
> <SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org>wrote:
>
>> On 4/10/13 2:02 AM, Manu wrote:
>>
>>> I do use virtual functions, that's the point of classes. But 
>>> most
>>> functions are not virtual. More-so, most functions are trivial
>>> accessors, which really shouldn't be virtual.
>>>
>>
>> I'd say a valid style is to use free functions for non-virtual 
>> methods.
>> UFCS will take care of caller syntax.
>
>
> Valid, perhaps. But would you really recommend that design 
> pattern?
> It seems a little obscure for no real reason. Breaks the 
> feeling of the OO
> encapsulation principle somewhat.
>
> I've started using UFCS more recently, but I'm still wary of 
> overuse
> leading to unnecessary obscurity.


It depends what model of OO you refer to.

I have been reading lately about multi-methods usage in languages 
like Dylan and Lisp, which is similar to UFCS, although more 
powerful because all parameters are used when deciding which 
method to bind.

OO is not only what Java/C#/C++ offer, there are other models 
that for whatever reason did not make it into mainstream.

--
Paulo