From: Chad Fowler <chadfowler@...>
Date: 2003-06-05T11:00:49+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby-dev summary 20201 - 20315


>>
>> This topic came up at RubyConf 2001 during David Black's Ruby Behaviors
>> talk.  David Simmons (creator of SmallScript or S#) suggested the 
>> need for
>> something called "selector namespaces", which has been discussed (with
>> David's input) in ruby-talk:18567.
>
>
> It's actually not all that difficult under some circumstances, but 
> there are some costs associated with it. Basically what you need is 
> both lexical namespaces and namespace overlays. Not a trivial task, by 
> any means, but doable if you need it. (Whether it's worthwhile or not 
> is a separate issue, of course)

Could you whip us up a quick working prototype so we can see how it 
feels? ;)

But, seriously, will parrot have these features?

Chad