a newbie wants to know....about ASPECTs?????

[dave]

if ruby is totally OO.... (please don't get into a discussion of ASPECT
J)...What in general are ASPECT's supposed to be an improvement to OO
of??? just curious and want to know?

 

[Trans]

if ruby is totally OO.... (please don't get into a discussion of ASPECT
J)...What in general are ASPECT's supposed to be an improvement to OO
of??? just curious and want to know?

They address what are called CROSS-CONCERNS. That is to say, applying
reusable code compnents across many objects. This is primarily done
through function wrapping at join-points. (Join-points are just
definitions of where in the code to apply the reusable compnenets eg.
Aspects).

HTH,
T.

 

[Gene Tani]

if ruby is totally OO.... (please don't get into a discussion of ASPECT
J)...What in general are ASPECT's supposed to be an improvement to OO
of??? just curious and want to know?

http://aspectr.sourceforge.net/
http://rubygarden.com/ruby?AspectOrientedRuby
http://thekode.net/ruby/techniques/CapturingMethods.html
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.ruby/browse_thread/thread/479b509f9f7ec489

http://www.rcrchive.net/rcr/show/321"