Re: [Webmacro-devel] Function refactor

[Keats <ke...@su...>]

Brian Goetz wrote:
> 
> Alternately, the internal implementation of putFunction could, instead 
> of putting it in the _funcs map, actually put it in the context, and let 
> the context be smarter about invoking functions.

I liked this idea too.  I was actually trying to get something like this 
working this afternoon but it was more than I could bite off in an hour.

We'd need to change the parser/builder to put a string into the variable 
name instead of a FunctionCall.  I'd need your help there Brian.

One small downside is that functions and variables would be in the same 
namespace, so $foo would overwrite $foo() and vice versa.  Not a big deal.

On the other hand you could pass functions around as variables, just 
like "delegates" in C#.  Probably a very bad idea, but I'm sure folks 
could think up some clever template hacks using this.

Anyway, I think I could make this work with some help if folks think 
it's worthwhile.

Keats