25 Apr
2010
25 Apr
'10
3:07 p.m.
Kevin Reid kpreid@switchb.org writes:
Rather provide an EXT:EQUIVALENT generic function (or some small protocol) which can a) be extended by the user, b) hooks into however Java does it (Comparable?).
Object.equals(Object), actually.
I'm not versed in Java, so pardon if we're actually on the same line.
I meant to say that when users specialize on EQUIVALENT, Java code can take advantage of that, too, presumably by using .equals(). (Hence my parenthetical remark about a protocol, rather than a single generic function, in case this kind of integration turns out to require more elaboration.)
-T.