Re: Builtins [LPMOO]

• Date: Tue, 12 Sep 1995 05:49:48 PDT
• From:
  Robert Leslie <rob@ccs.neu.edu>
• Cc: moo-cows@parc.xerox.com
• In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 11 Sep 1995 14:26:31 PDT." <Pine.SUN.3.91.950911172349.11571A-100000@kong.syr.edu>

> If I load a DB that has builtins that LPMOO doesn't recognize, I hear 
> that it will still load ok, but what happens to the verbs with the 
> unknown builtins?  Is it simply not programmed?  (would be bad) Or does 
> the verb just fail when ya try to run it? (would be good)

At present LPMOO will fail to load such a db, just like LambdaMOO.

However, being able to load a db with unknown builtins has obvious advantages.
I'd like to add this capability to LPMOO sometime in the future. The reason I
haven't already is it's not obvious what should happen to the builtin call.

Some random ideas:

  - refuse to program the verb, but continue loading the db
  - program the verb, replacing the unknown() with E_VERBNF:unknown()
  - program the verb, replacing the unknown() with "unknown()"
  - allow any unknown() to exist, but always raise E_VERBNF upon execution
  - allow any unknown() to exist, and bind the function at runtime; perhaps
    redirect it to #0:unknown()

Comments? Suggestions?

-- 
Robert Leslie
rob@ccs.neu.edu

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