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At 12:11 PM 7/23/96 PDT, dg@dcs.st-and.ac.uk wrote:
>Likewise, reading d.number would instead return the result of d:_get_number(), 
>which wouldn't be defined in this case.
>
>*I* think this would be extremely useful and reduce the amount and complexity 
>of code considerably, particularly integrated with (a). It would avoid the 
>extremely nasty o.description and o:description() `feature', for a start.
>
>What do people think?
>
hmmm... isn't what you suggest more complex? Reminds me of the 'verbing
properties' thread that was going on earlier.. seems to me just having
object:description() do the number would be just fine.




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