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Re: A Law is a Law, Guffaw, Guffaw
- To: Dick Gabriel <RPG@sail.stanford.edu>
- Subject: Re: A Law is a Law, Guffaw, Guffaw
- From: kempf@Sun.COM
- Date: Tue, 28 Jun 88 07:55:41 -0700
- Cc: commonloops.pa@Xerox.COM
- In-reply-to: Your message of 27 Jun 88 23:57:00 -0700. <Ope3c@SAIL.Stanford.EDU>
- Redistributed: commonloops.pa
>Given that there seems to have been little thought given to method
>combination, given that the full implications and use of CLOS has not been
>fully understood, and, well, given all of this, I recommend that your
>OOPSLA paper not discuss the application of the law from Demeter to CLOS
>at all.
I agree. There are some legitimate style issues which need to be worked
out for CLOS programming, since the user-definable generic function
model which it presents is a new one. Unfortunately, I think the
"Law" of Demeter contributes only confusion.
jak