From: Ted Kremenek <kremenek@cs.stanford.edu>
To: Gerd Stolpmann <info@gerd-stolpmann.de>
Cc: Ocaml <caml-list@inria.fr>
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Class/prototype-based OO
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 10:56:16 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <F6478FA1-8BED-40D6-A6C6-63A69A082324@cs.stanford.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1156853008.21883.84.camel@localhost.localdomain>
On Aug 29, 2006, at 5:03 AM, Gerd Stolpmann wrote:
> In theory, RTTI is possible in O'Caml. But it is very costly: Object
> types are complex structures and not only names. So any downcast would
> be a very expensive operation (a full type check).
Of course, but this cost would only be incurred during the downcast.
Thus people who do not need to use the operation will not pay for
it. Of course, the RTTI information comes with a space cost.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-08-29 17:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-08-25 7:51 David Baelde
2006-08-25 11:31 ` [Caml-list] " skaller
2006-08-29 3:11 ` Ted Kremenek
2006-08-29 5:53 ` skaller
2006-08-30 23:57 ` brogoff
2006-08-29 12:03 ` Gerd Stolpmann
2006-08-29 17:56 ` Ted Kremenek [this message]
2006-08-29 18:13 ` Ted Kremenek
2006-08-31 1:11 ` Jacques Garrigue
2006-08-31 5:18 ` skaller
2006-08-31 6:36 ` Jacques Garrigue
2006-08-31 7:15 ` skaller
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