Method Dispatch and stuff.

What type of (dynamic) dispatch is used by Prothon?  For example, does 
prototype delegation stand in for inheritance when determining what 
method signature best matches a given call signature.  Is there anything 
interesting to say about the conflict resolution (should more than one 
method be a candidate for a given call)?

David MacQuigg wrote:

 >> Recently on the Python mailing list, I have been pushing the idea
 >> that we need a special symbol ( @  $ or whatever ) as a
 >> general-purpose "extension syntax".

Please NO!  :)

I prefer a mandatory statement indicating the particular compiler 
(language version).  This statement could be a simple keyword-value pair 
(eg VERSION 1.1), and could be put anywhere (but usually at the top of a 
source file).  Of course the VERSION keyword would obey lexical scope 
rules.  The advantages are clear:
* Nearly complete freedom from legacy code
* Shorter keywords (remove the magic symbol)


Thanks.


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