Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
Sure, but what is the reason to need dynamic methods? I'm just trying
to understand the usefulness of it. If a method is dynamic, we lose the
following things:
- compile-time type/signature checking
- IDE assistance in determining which methods are available
- ease of tracing where a method call goes.
- not future proof -- for example, if a method name gets changed or
moved, the code using the method still compiles.
If we lose all these things, there must be *something* we gain by doing
this, right?
There are people who swear by the ability of adding methods at runtime
and changing the inheritance hierarchy dynamically. It makes for a very
fluid environment.
Also, what is the benefit of doing something like this versus
specifically calling the dispatcher instead of having the compiler
translate it?
Probably that's more of a "last mile" thing.
Andrei
