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Re: Polymorphism, genericity, etc.
Jost Boekemeier wrote:
> Guile also uses generic functions and thus has the same
> problem. For example when I pass an integer to
> environment-unobserve it will simply
> crash (at the moment :>). That's why you must aggressive
> check the types of all the parameters. Implicit typing
> (genericity) is convenient to the user because he can pass
> anything he wants. But I agree that an explicit type system
> with polymorphism is better. (This is where scheme fails
> dramatically!)
does
(load "tclos.scm")
solve all your complaints?
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Chris Bitmead
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