From: Austin Ziegler <austin@...>
Date: 2003-11-20T12:42:49+09:00
Subject: Re: "stereotyping" (was: Re: Strong Typing (Re: Managing metadata about attribute types)

On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 08:53:21 +0900, Sean O'Dell wrote:
> Why only in SOAP or RPC mechanisms? What makes them different from
> someone who calls into a library?

SOAP, for example, is meant for use by a variety of different
languages and rather expects type mechanisms, mostly because it was
first designed for languages that require static typing. I can
either build the SOAP description manually or have meta-information
available.

This is why I want an informative mechanism that's easier to use
than Ryan Pavlik's metadata module.

I don't really want a "prescriptive" mechanism -- it makes the interface
too brittle. If I wanted something like that, I think that I'd want 
something like the rudimentary DbC stuff that Dave & Andy put together.

-austin
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austin ziegler    * austin@halostatue.ca * Toronto, ON, Canada
software designer * pragmatic programmer * 2003.11.19
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