|
|
|
| |
|
Quick Links
Understanding XL
In depth
Other projects
|
XLR: Extensible Language and Runtime
|
While XL is object oriented, it doesn't have closed classes as in C++ or C# or Java. The shape objects example should illustrate why. The idea is to, finally, offer true encapsulation. There is no way by looking at the interface to deduce how it is actually implemented. It doesn't mean that the compiler doesn't see it (so if you create a ".o" file for the module implementation, it needs to contain supplemental information that would go in a .h file in C++). The model also features multi-way dynamic dispatch as in the Intersect function in the example. Please note that I do consider having also a fairly standard class notation, but this will be just a simple plug-in generating the kind of code below (and adding things like using X to simulate the implicit reference to this in C++).
|
Copyright 2008 Christophe de Dinechin (Blog)
E-mail: XL Mailing List (polluted by spam, unfortunately)