On Sun, Jun 30, 2024, at 06:59, Rob Landers wrote:
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> On Sun, Jun 30, 2024, at 01:28, Saki Takamachi wrote:
>> Hi,
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>> > Hello internals,
>> >
>> > I've updated the RFC to include final-ish examples (barring any further
>> > constructive feedback), a prototype implementation, and an objections section.
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> >
>> > Rob
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>> It seems like the "hack" I mentioned is still possible, am I misunderstanding
>> something?
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> That’s always going to be a possibility, no matter what we do or how we do it. I think it
> would be a rather pointless hack now that I can run the code. For the most part, the engine treats
> these as numbers and trying to dodge that will land you in hot water eventually.
After playing with the code and seeing what I could get away with, making the GMP class
readonly appears to prevent many abuses, so I have amended the RFC and prototype code.
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>> And I don't understand the purpose of polyfills at all. If you're not using the
>> GMP extensions and can't do operator overloading, won't you just have a class with
>> protected methods that are never used and don't actually do anything?
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> Ah, that could probably be clearer in the RFC, but you have to make it public to be able to use
> it.
I've iterated it a few times in the text of the RFC.
— Rob