Trait composition on runtime

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Re: Trait composition on runtime

jfabry

On Aug 23, 2013, at 9:54 AM, Norbert Hartl <[hidden email]> wrote:

>> Metaprogramming is your friend :-P
>>
>> Actually this is only half jokingly … one of the ideas of metaprogramming is that the programmer can mold the semantics of the language to his/her liking depending on the task at hand. This (amongst others) is why we can do so many cool things in Smalltalk. For example, when you have a more concrete case of what you are looking for you can build something with method wrappers, or override DNU :-) to do your thing …
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> Sure. I think I deserve it. That's what you get if you ask questions about half baked thoughts :)
>
> thanks,

No problem, I knew you would be able to handle my annoying response :-) And the half-baked thoughts can turn out to be the most fun ones to consider :-)

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