From: Seebs <usenet-nospam@...>
Date: 2009-11-18T05:05:09+09:00
Subject: Re: Newbie question:  Defining a numeric type

On 2009-11-17, Brian Candler <b.candler@pobox.com> wrote:
> This is true. So for symmetry, you could make str=(v) set the [current] 
> value in the Stat object, and str return the current value from the Stat 
> object. Anyway, it's just a thought.

I've sort of waffled on that.

I could certainly do something like:

john.str (yields the fixnum)
john.str= (sets things such that the fixnum acquires the new value)
john.str_stat (yields the Stat)

But so far I prefer just having Stat delegate stuff to its current value,
because then I can always say "john.str", and it responds to every message
the way I expect it to.

-s
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