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From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-09-29 12:09:50


Jesse Jones <jesjones_at_[hidden]> writes:

>> 1) Compile time. Yes, this solution is strongly compile time.
>> But I think it is an advantage :-)
>
> I disagree. The biggest benefit of multimethods is that they are
> flexible.

Yeah. It's hard to imagine how "compile-time multimethods" would be
any different from what C++ already provides in terms of overload
resolution and partial ordering.

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