From: Brian Hurt <bhurt@spnz.org>
To: Christopher Alexander Stein <stein@eecs.harvard.edu>
Cc: caml-list@inria.fr
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] dynamic dispatch
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 12:31:51 -0500 (CDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0409161227140.5809-100000@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040916124228.J86497@bowser.eecs.harvard.edu>
On Thu, 16 Sep 2004, Christopher Alexander Stein wrote:
>
> Hi, Is it possible to use the Caml OO features to implement
> dynamic dispatch (without using type system back doors such as
> Obj.Magic or object serialization)? Or are the OO features just
> syntax. Thank you, Lex
What do you need dynamic dispatch for? What problem are you trying to
solve?
I ask because I don't think it's possible without Obj.magic and friends.
I've never needed it, but who knows- you might have a legitimate need for
it. In which case your problem becomes a case example and shows me
something important about Ocaml and programming. Or you might just need
to think about the problem differently.
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Brian
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2004-09-16 16:44 Christopher Alexander Stein
2004-09-16 16:54 ` David Brown
2004-09-16 17:31 ` Brian Hurt [this message]
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