No, Java has the class member and instanceof operator, which would take care
of this problem. These are missing in ChucK.
/Stefan
On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 6:12 PM, Hans Aberg
On 4 Sep 2010, at 17:46, Kassen wrote:
It is not having a type system that is causing problems, but that it often
is a bit underdeveloped.
Yes, and malnourished. >:-)
For example, if one wants dynamic typing, that can be done by having a type by which the other types can be derived dynamically. Then the problems like the one above cane be done by introducing a new type.
We can do that for non-primitives, but we can't ask a given object "Hey, what's your type?". Exactly that is high on my wishlist.
That may already have it by its implementation. When looking into the sources, I think I saw a base class object from which all others were derived. If so, it is the Java grammar imposed on top that restricts it.
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