OpenEuphoria

RE: Euphoria ver 2.3

• Posted by Grape Vine <g__vine at hotmail.com> Jun 03, 2001
• 775 views

gertie at ad-tek.net wrote:
> On 3 Jun 2001, at 19:22, Bernie Ryan wrote:
> 
> > 
> > 
> >   I hope version 2.3 is going to allow FORWARD REFERENCES
> >   instead of the stupid routine_id()
> > 
> > Rob:
> > 
> >   Why can't you just allow a user to redefine a routine if
> >   the routine has the exact same parameter list.
> 
> Why not allow this?
> 
> function x(sequence a)
> function x(integer b, sequence a)
> function x(atom a)

IMHO it will become very confusing when you get 5 peoples includ files 
and they all have fuctions of the same name, maybe even same prams.

> 
> Then the interpreter can check the passed parms as it does now, and drop 
> them into 
> the correct function. Like this: when the interpreter is running thru 
> the list of functions, 
> and the name is found but parameter list types don't match, store the 
> error, but don't 
> report it, and keep searching the list. If the name and types match 
> later in the list, use 
> it. If the name and types never match, then report the error.
> 
> Kat
> 



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