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Re^2: Runtime introspection: What good is it?

by BrowserUk (Patriarch)
on Jul 08, 2008 at 19:31 UTC ( [id://696300]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re: Runtime introspection: What good is it?
in thread Runtime introspection: What good is it?

Compile-time determinations” are exactly that: they occur when the source-code is compiled and are forever-after fixed into the resulting executable.

You're ignoring the flexibility of what constistutes "compile-time" in dynamic languages like Perl.

See also the subthread starting at Re: Runtime introspection: What good is it? which discusses how compiled to binary (static) languages achieve dynamic language-like flexibility through the use of parsers without giving up their compile-time type correctness, or succumbing to building a run-time eval capability.

I must admit, I'm surprised to find you, as an "planning is paramount" advocate, coming down on the side of making ad-hoc codepath descisions at run-time :)


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