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Re: Unifying properties


Keisuke Nishida <kxn30@po.cwru.edu> writes:

> I think this should be done with the GOOPS integration by providing
> a single generic function `property', etc.  I guess there are more
> procedures that can be unified by GOOPS.

I think your right in this.  We should all take impression from "The
Art of the Metaobject Protocol" (which I know Marius has read by the
way :)

But don't you think there's a more natural way to use GOOPS in this
case.

Let's say that objects have names.  Isn't it more natural to say:

  (name OBJECT)

than

  (property OBJECT 'name)

?

> After some experience with it, I really love GOOPS :)

Me too, if I'm allowed to say it.  (I am because the main originators
are Erick Gallesio, Kiczales and co.)

It really has lifted my research programming to a new level.  It's
wonderful to be able to replace selected parts of your code by just
creating a subclass, and, even though it isn't maximally beautiful
theoretically, multiple inheritance really is a pearl!

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