Re: Do we have to worry about the names of generic functions?

[Paul Jarc]

Andy Wingo <address@hidden> wrote:
> Consider a generic, `output'. I assert that x.output() in Python does
> not clobber the namespace.

Agreed, because that name exists only within "x.".

> If output is a bound method, that means it will be invoked as
> output(x) -- exactly the same as (output x) in guile.

Not exactly - generics sharing the same name don't conflict with each
other, but they can conflict with non-generics.  (AIUI; my
understanding of GOOPS is rather limited.)


paul