Re: Protected

On Monday 05 Sep 2005 13:40, Daniel Bonniot wrote:
> Java's definition of "protected" is very much tied to the mono-method
> model, so it is hard to say directly how this can be translated in Nice.
> What would help is to give a realistic but hopefully short example (or a
> few) of the situation, so we can think how that can be handled in the
> multi-method model.

Ah... I see where you're coming from, now. I hadn't considered the impact the 
use of multi-methods would have upon the permissions model of Nice. Now I 
think I see the problem, and I haven't a solution around it.

A protected keyword would differentiate between methods inside and outside a 
class. I see now that might not be a good direction for Nice to go in.

I wonder it might be feasible to make a keyword that restricts access on a 
package basis, rather than a per file basis, such that methods outside the 
package cannot get access to certain methods and variables, but methods 
inside the package can.

--
James Reeves
http://www.monkeyengines.co.uk


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