- From: Bill Frantz <frantz@pwpconsult.com>
- Date: Thu, 2 May 2013 05:40:13 -0700
- To: Bill Frantz <frantz@pwpconsult.com>
- cc: "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com>, public-script-coord@w3.org, Brendan Eich <brendan@mozilla.com>, es-discuss <es-discuss@mozilla.org>
On 5/1/13 at 5:43 PM, frantz@pwpconsult.com (Bill Frantz) wrote: >On 5/1/13 at 1:37 PM, jackalmage@gmail.com (Tab Atkins Jr.) wrote: > >>Ah, I'm not proposing that we augment the base Future class with >>cancellation properties. I explicitly used the term "subtype" in the >>quoted bit above. *Some* of Ron's suggestions were to augment the >>base Future class, but not all of them, and several other people >>pushed back on that. > >I think that covers the issue. > >Cheers - Bill Upon further reflection, I think the point about premature standardization stands. Also, a pure inheritance model -- which is implied by subclassing -- may be the wrong model. If one wants to include POLA in one's programming style, one will probably want to separate the authority to access the resulting value from the authority to abort the computation. Cheers - Bill ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Frantz | gets() remains as a monument | Periwinkle (408)356-8506 | to C's continuing support of | 16345 Englewood Ave www.pwpconsult.com | buffer overruns. | Los Gatos, CA 95032
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