Fully dynamic d by opDotExp overloading

[Leandro Lucarella]

Nick Sabalausky, el 17 de abril a las 16:48 me escribiste:
> "Leandro Lucarella" <llucax at gmail.com> wrote in message 
> news:20090417191634.GA15139 at homero.springfield.home...
> > Steven Schveighoffer, el 17 de abril a las 11:27 me escribiste:
> >>
> >> Sure, but what is the reason to need dynamic methods?  I'm just trying to 
> >> understand the usefulness of it.
> >
> > RPC is an example that comes into mind
> >
> > There is plenty of magic you can do with dynamic methods. Just try
> > a dynamic language and see =)
> 
> But is there any that can't be done with a dispatch function?

You can write anything even with brainfuck. There are no discussion about
what's possible and what's not, we are just talking about syntax. I hope
the "it can be done" argument stop poping out because we all agree that
it's possible to do everything right now. The question is *how* you can do
it.

> Besides, as I see it, the opDotExp-style syntax for calling a dynamic method 
> is more limited because unless you're using a scripting language, you can't 
> do:
> 
> auto foo = new Foo();
> char[] func = /* Get from user input */;
> foo.func(); // Call function the user specified

So?

> But you can do that with either a dispatch method or a reflection API that 
> supports invokation.

I think the reflection API is needed too, but that's another topic. Both
would be great.

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