From: Mathieu Bouchard <matju@...>
Date: 2001-11-30T01:51:16+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:26933] Re: overload possible?


On Fri, 30 Nov 2001 nobu.nokada@softhome.net wrote:

> At Thu, 29 Nov 2001 21:14:14 +0900,
> Harry Ohlsen <harryo@zipworld.com.au> wrote:
> > Now, here's an interesting question ... is there any way to get access to
> > the parameters of the calling context?  What I'm getting at is, it would
> > be much nicer if one didn't need to pass the "args" parameter to
> > overload() all the time.
> It's impossible/prohibited in any languages to access to such
> things directly.  Generally, it's considered as *BAD* idea.

Naturally, Perl implements that feature. The reason for it is to make
debugging/tracing easier. There are other potential reasons.

I did not ask for it in RCR #29. The only reason is that I forgot to.

Also, take note that "it's a *BAD* idea" is a *BAD* answer. It's like,
tell me not to use macros in C. =)

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