Re: dynamic type checking - a pauline conversion?

From: Thomas Gagné (tgagne_at_wide-open-west.com)
Date: 03/13/04 

Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 16:03:40 -0500

Robert C. Martin wrote:

>On 12 Mar 2004 23:26:09 -0800, igouy@yahoo.com (Isaac Gouy) wrote:
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>>Robert C. Martin <unclebob@objectmentor.com> wrote in message news:<884450hlpgmtdpg7ees68eoeb2iuron47g@4ax.com>...
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>>>Even if you *can* find ways to express solutions in a statically typed
>>>language, the solutions in a dynamically typed language will often be
>>>*much* simpler. (e.g. just send the close message).
>>>
>>>
>>Is there a default implementation for this 'close' message (for
>>example in a common superclass like Object) or do we expect the method
>>send to fail at runtime when the specific class doesn't implement
>>'close'?
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>The latter.
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>
Of course, if there are really good reasons an object that doesn't
understand close() might end-up in the collection close() could either
be added to it or to Object. 

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