Re: Dylan stuff

The main thing missing there is having names for the return values (which
have no meaning and are largely for documentation value).

But it looks like something I can live with for getting things going ...

 - Bruce



On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 3:16 PM, mikel evins <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> How about something like this?
>
> (define sealed method foo ((x <fixnum>)(y <fixnum>)) => (<fixnum>
> <boolean> #rest)
>   (begin
>     (do-stuff-to-x)
>     ...))
>
> Some of this is traditional old prefix Dylan; some is new. it clear what
> all the novel bits mean? How is it, aestehtically?
>
> For comparison, here's how you would say the same thing in Bard (except
> the "sealed" bit, which Bard doesn't have):
>
> (def foo (function Integer Integer -> Integer Boolean &))
>
> (define method (foo x y)
>   with: ((x <fixnum>)(y <fixnum>))
>   (begin
>     (do-stuff-to-x)
>     ...))
>
>
>
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