[DGD] Clarifying private and static function classes

[Felix A. Croes]

Matt Tolton <matt at tolton.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 4:51 AM, Felix A. Croes<felix at dworkin.nl> wrote:
> >> This seems to differ from other LPC dialects [1], where private does
> >> not protect against call_other.
> >
> > Suppose that objects A and B both have a private function "foo". C
> > inherits both A and B. What function does call_other(C, "foo") call?
>
> If I understand correctly, in DGD that would not call any function and
> just return nil.  In other LPC dialects, I don't know.  Mind if I ask
> what you're getting at here?

What function <should> call_other(C, "foo") call?

My point is that DGD's implementation of private functions is not
exceptional or difficult to understand, since these variant dialects
are clearly incorrect.

Regards,
Felix Croes