From: chiaro scuro <kiaroskuro@...>
Date: 2006-04-19T23:02:15+09:00
Subject: Re: interested in metaprogramming?

the synonym is just an example, but it still serve a purpose, though.
alias clones a method, whereas synonym wraps it.
if the original method gets changed, synonym reflects this change,
whereas alias would ignore it.

On 4/19/06, Robert Dober <robert.dober@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 4/19/06, chiaro scuro <kiaroskuro@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,  I have started writing a guide to metaprogramming called 'the way
> > of meta'.  I have written only a draft intro and a simple example up
> > to now [1].
> >
> > I wonder if there is much interest on the topic out there..
> > I have lots of material on metaprogramming and DSLs that I haven't
> > posted yet (still in a pretty raw format) and if I get a positive
> > response I'll start working on it and I will add it to the guide.
> >
> > [1] http://liquiddevelopment.blogspot.com/2006/03/way-of-meta.html
> >
> > --
> > Chiaroscuro
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> > Liquid Development: http://liquiddevelopment.blogspot.com/
> >
> >
> Nice start
> I fail to understand why tou define a method for each synonym though. Would
> using method_alias instead not be a better choice?
>
> Cheers
> Robert
>
> --
> Deux choses sont infinies : l'univers et la b�tise humaine ; en ce qui
> concerne l'univers, je n'en ai pas acquis la certitude absolue.
>
> - Albert Einstein
>
>


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