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| − | | abstract = In traditional object-oriented languages, the dynamic dispatch algorithm is hardwired: for every polymorphic callonly the most specific method is used. Clos, the Common Lisp Object System, goes beyond the traditional approach by providing an abstraction known as emphmethod combinations: when several methods are applicable, it is possible to select several of them, decide in which order they will be called, and how to combine their resultsessentially making the dynamic dispatch algorithm user-programmable.par Although a powerful abstractionmethod combinations are under-specified in the Common Lisp standard, and the Mop, the Meta-Object Protocol underlying many implementations of Clos, worsens the situation by either contradicting it or providing unclear protocols. As a consequence, too much freedom is granted to conforming implementations. The exact or intended behavior of method combinations is unclear and not necessarily coherent with the rest of Clos.par In this paper, we provide a detailed analysis of the problems posed by method combinations, the consequences of their lack of proper specification in one particular implementationand a Mop-based extension called emphmethod combinators, aiming at correcting these problems and possibly offer new functionality. |
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Latest revision as of 10:44, 18 June 2019
- Authors
- Didier Verna
- Where
- 11th European Lisp Symposium
- Place
- Marbella, Spain
- Type
- inproceedings
- Projects
- Climb
- Keywords
- Software Engineering
- Date
- 2018-03-25
Abstract
In traditional object-oriented languages, the dynamic dispatch algorithm is hardwired: for every polymorphic call, only the most specific method is used. textscClos
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Bibtex (lrde.bib)
@InProceedings{ verna.18.els,
author = {Didier Verna},
title = {Method Combinators},
booktitle = {11th European Lisp Symposium},
isbn = 9782955747421,
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.3247610},
year = 2018,
month = apr,
address = {Marbella, Spain},
abstract = {In traditional object-oriented languages, the dynamic
dispatch algorithm is hardwired: for every polymorphic
call, only the most specific method is used. \textsc{Clos},
the Common Lisp Object System, goes beyond the traditional
approach by providing an abstraction known as \emph{method
combinations}: when several methods are applicable, it is
possible to select several of them, decide in which order
they will be called, and how to combine their results,
essentially making the dynamic dispatch algorithm
user-programmable.\par Although a powerful abstraction,
method combinations are under-specified in the Common Lisp
standard, and the \textsc{Mop}, the Meta-Object Protocol
underlying many implementations of \textsc{Clos}, worsens
the situation by either contradicting it or providing
unclear protocols. As a consequence, too much freedom is
granted to conforming implementations. The exact or
intended behavior of method combinations is unclear and not
necessarily coherent with the rest of \textsc{Clos}.\par In
this paper, we provide a detailed analysis of the problems
posed by method combinations, the consequences of their
lack of proper specification in one particular
implementation, and a \textsc{Mop}-based extension called
\emph{method combinators}, aiming at correcting these
problems and possibly offer new functionality.}
}