chromatic chromatic-at-wgz.org |Perl 6| wrote:
Do we face a similar rug-yanking situation with delegatee classes being
modified after delegate instantiation? I know there are some types of
auto-handling, but are they all automatic?
-- c
In the sense that the more detailed formal documentation will need to
specify exactly what happens if you try, yes. In the sense that the
answer might be simple, maybe not.
Off hand, I envision having to specify in what way the implementation is
allowed to cache delegations by updating the class, and explain the
range of allowed behavior that is still conforming. And point out that
having a range of allowed behavior is always a way to allow nonportable
code, so that should be a warning by default.
--John
