From: Martin DeMello <martindemello@...>
Date: 2003-08-01T22:51:39+09:00
Subject: Re: OT: Nice

ts <decoux@moulon.inra.fr> wrote:
>>>>>> "P" == Paul Brannan <pbrannan@atdesk.com> writes:
> 
> P> One question: what is the purpose of the '@' character in an argument
> P> list, e.g.:
> 
> to specialize the argument (it implement multi-dispatch)
> 
> P> And how does it differ from the C-style argument lists:
> 
> apparently functions have a single implementation (no specialization).

Well, a 'default' implementation that the multimethod dispatcher falls
through to if none of the specialised rules match.

martin