Bob Rogers wrote:
My sense of the usage on this list is that "multisub" means a MultiSub
PMC and a "multimethod" is what you add to the MultiSub when you define
a sub with the :multi keyword. Am I the only one who finds this a
useful distinction?
Oh, I see. No wonder this conversation has been confusing.
If "multisub" and "multimethod" are to be used at all, a "multisub" is a
MultiSub PMC when it's invoked as a sub, and a "multimethod" is a
MultiSub PMC when it's invoked as a method (marked as ':multi :method').
Then a "multivtable" would be a MultiSub PMC invoked as a vtable
function (marked as ':multi :vtable').
A particular sub object that's stored in a MultiSub is a "variant" of
the multi (whether it's a multisub, multimethod, or multivtable).
Allison
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