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Wednesday, 24th of October 2018, 8:44:10 UTC
13:17:26
Bike
sorry if someone mentioned this already, but define-method-combination mentions the case of being in the same method group with the same specializers but different qualifiers
13:17:37
Bike
"If the two methods play the same role and their order matters, an error is signaled"
13:17:50
Bike
not sure how it's determined that their order matters, though
13:35:02
beach
ACTION 's favorite coauthor just left.
13:36:47
shka_
ACTION was never as appriciated by anyone as beaches favorite coauthor
13:37:46
beach
She is invaluable. That's why I don't produce anything when she is busy with other things.
13:38:08
beach
OK, time for some rest. I'll be back later.
16:47:44
fiddlerwoaroof
Bike: I guess the the second-to-last example of define-method-combination wasn't well thought out then?
16:53:37
Bike_
hm, i don't know. it does sort the methods itself.
16:55:11
Bike
maybe the method combination itself issupposed to signal an error if order matters.
17:03:02
fiddlerwoaroof
That's how I interpreted the standard: that the method groups are a convenience feature for the programmers
17:03:25
fiddlerwoaroof
But I can see how the standard might be saying that the method group determines the role of a method
17:03:37
fiddlerwoaroof
And you're supposed to use * otherwise.
17:04:03
fiddlerwoaroof
(i.e. if you want to determine the roles by some other standard)
Wednesday, 24th of October 2018, 20:44:10 UTC