From: Warren Seltzer <warrens@...>
Date: 2005-10-24T01:31:48+09:00
Subject: Re: A comparison by example of keyword argument styles

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Keyword args will make several things harder:
    Inheritance
    Reflection
    Tools that parse
    Linking
    Dynamic Linking
 
A future version of compiled Ruby might want to:
 
LibraryPath = [...]
somefunc(a=5, z=9)     ##  Go find the function "somefunc" on the library path (with
keyarg a and z) , arrange the args, and call it.
 
After all, they compile lisp, don't they?
 
With plain old non-dynamic linking, you'd have to generate the code to call 'somefunc'
before you saw it.  Will we have include files?


Warren Seltzer


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