From: Allison Randal <allison@perl.org>
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:14:08 +0200
Moritz Lenz wrote:
> allison@cvs.perl.org wrote:
>> +{{ Is the term "unimethod" acceptable here? -- rgr, 29-Jul-08. }}
>
> I think for dispatch the term is "single dispatch", and "unimethod"
> could thus be "single method".
Just "single dispatch". A method that's single dispatched, is... a method.
Allison
True. Nevertheless, the two kinds of method are treated quite
differently by Parrot, both when being defined and when being called.
That is why it is awkward not to have concise names for both kinds.
-- Bob
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