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Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes <sthoenna@efn.org> writes: >On Thu, 22 May 2003 20:52:17 -0400, jpeacock@rowman.com wrote: >>Dan Sugalski wrote: >>> >>> That's something I think you can't do, and arguably a bug. I'm pretty >>> sure you can have tie magic, or overloading magic, but not both. >> >>So that is a vote in favor??? ;~) >> >>As I understand it, the reason you cannot mix your magics is that overload only >>operates on RV's, so there is no magic table to lookup the set magic callback >>from. There is no reason to *fully* emulate tie, since there is already a get >>magic (overload stringify/numify) that covers that case. > >How could tie magic (or any other get magic) and overloading coexist? It is a linked list you can have multiple MG * on one SV. This is how Tk's 'U' magic can co-exist with tie - so you can "watch" a tied variable. >Doesn't seem like a bug to me. > >On the other hand, I can't think of any reason you couldn't combine >set magic and overload. But that doesn't mean it would work... -- Nick Ing-Simmons http://www.ni-s.u-net.com/Thread Previous | Thread Next