From: Sean O'Dell <sean@...>
Date: 2004-06-09T03:49:32+09:00
Subject: Re: Interfaces and semantics (or, how to hashpipe a duck)

On Tuesday 08 June 2004 11:23, Daniel Berger wrote:
> "Sean O'Dell" <sean@celsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:<200406080736.32485.sean@celsoft.com>...
>
> > On Tuesday 08 June 2004 06:04, Daniel Berger wrote:
> > > "Sean O'Dell" <sean@celsoft.com> wrote in message
> > >
> > > I published an "interface" module a short while back.  You can find it
> > > on the RAA or at:
> >
> > Mine looks pretty close to how yours works except it verifies the number
> > of method arguments.  Whenever a method is added or removed, the
> > compliance flag is lowered so the next time has_interface? is called, a
> > complete check is re-done to be sure the object still complies.  Is yours
> > written in C?  One thing I wanted was for this to have as little overhead
> > as possible, so I didn't feel like I was slowing down my project too much
> > by calling it everywhere.
> >
> > 	Sean O'Dell
>
> It's pure Ruby.  I don't think adding arity checks and hooks for
> method_added/method_removed would be difficult.

Probably wouldn't, but I just finished mine and it's released, and it's in C.  
I don't know what to do about the name clash.  I can't think of another name 
that works as well, and I have to move on to some actual work here.

	Sean O'Dell