providing arguments to del statement

ID:1240239
 
Apr 18 2013, 7:19 am
Not Feasible
Applies to:
Status: Not Feasible
Implementing this feature is not possible now or in the foreseeable future
the del statement should mimic the new statement in the way you can provide arguments, they'd be sent to the targeted object's Del() proc.

new x (args) //where x is a type path
//args go to
[x]/New(args)

del x (args) //where x is a datum, the world, or a client
//The arguments would be sent to
[x.type]/Del(args)


This might, or might not conflict with people who use the del statement with parenthesis, del(x).
Apr 18 2013, 7:23 am
Whoever changed new(type, args) might be able to do it, if they work as similarly as I imagine.
Apr 18 2013, 10:20 am
What is the use-case?
Apr 18 2013, 11:10 am
I don't really see there ever being a use for this. If you need to do special cleanup on certain deletion cases, you can do it before you call del().
Apr 18 2013, 11:10 am
Lummox JR resolved issue (Not Feasible)
Apr 18 2013, 4:34 pm
Is this really "Not Feasible" - or "Deferred"?
Apr 18 2013, 11:18 pm
Does it make a difference for practical purposes? The result in terms of when this gets implemented is the same.
Apr 19 2013, 6:33 am
It's more along the lines of not desirable than not feasible. I just see no possible practical use for this.