FAST AND COMPACT DISPATCHING FOR DYNAMIC OBJECT-ORIENTED LANGUAGES

Authors
QUEINNEC C
Citation
C. Queinnec, FAST AND COMPACT DISPATCHING FOR DYNAMIC OBJECT-ORIENTED LANGUAGES, Information processing letters, 64(6), 1997, pp. 315-321
Citations number
13
Journal title
Information processing letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00200190
Volume
64
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
315 - 321
Database
ISI
SICI code
0020-0190(1997)64:6<315:FACDFD>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
Dynamic object-oriented languages allows for dynamic definition of new classes, new generic functions and new methods. This paper proposes a single and compact data structure to, at the same time, facilitate th e addition of new classes, generic functions or methods, and still ens ure a fast method selection. (C) 1997 Published by Elsevier science B. V.