Re: [sc-users] SuperCollider 3.3. alpha release

["James Harkins" <jamshark70@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 11:12 AM, Eric Lyon <audiodidact@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I disagree. It's a catastrophic response to a possibly minor problem

It's a catastrophic response to a major problem.

I could write you a file defining a new Object class - put it in your
extension folder and the whole VM goes belly up.

There is no way for the compiler to know whether a class name conflict
is minor or catastrophic, so the catastrophic response is correct.
hjh


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