[pypy-dev] idea for Summer of PyPy - call for feedback (multimethods, actually)

[Aurélien Campéas]

Le mercredi 18 janvier 2006 à 10:43 -0800, Drumheller, Michael a écrit :
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: Aurelien Campeas [mailto:aurelien.campeas at logilab.fr] 
> >>> Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 8:33 AM
> >>> To: pypy-dev at codespeak.net
> >>> Subject: Re: [pypy-dev] idea for Summer of PyPy - call for feedback
> 
> >>> It still does not seem to really support multiple dispatch 
> >>> (only the funky "predicative" dispatch). David Mertz's own 
> >>> multimethods.py is more complete than that. Whatever. None 
> >>> of them is complete.
> 
> It is nice to see that others are aware of David Mertz's multimethods.py.
> I have the impression that not enough people know about it.  
> There is a decorator technique that you can use with it which gives it 
> practically transparent syntax, which I also think is not very well known.

I have seen Guido's "multimethods in 5 minutes" which is by-the-way more
a showcase for decorators than for multimethods.

> Just curious:  Can you say in what way multimethods.py is inadequate for your purposes?

For my immediate usage, they lack the decorator stuff (I don't know yet
how to do it).

For WP10 purposes ('aspects'), they lack around/before/after methods (I
can't see them in http://gnosis.cx/download/gnosis/magic/multimethods.py
anyway) ... but Adrien here told me that there is more in aspects than
this stuff.

Also having fast dispatch in PyPy could be nice (isn't PyPy a bit
concerned by performance ... ?).

> 
> Michael
> 
> >>> Regards,
> >>> Aurélien
>