From c3141fc3b3c8d6fb7270a3a1cd15be4895ea052d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gianni Ceccarelli <gianni.ceccarelli@broadbean.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2023 17:29:26 +0100
Subject: flailing about with MOPs

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 meta-stuff.rst.txt | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 meta-stuff.rst.txt

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diff --git a/meta-stuff.rst.txt b/meta-stuff.rst.txt
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+class ``Foo`` has class-level storage vars ``bos_class__Foo__$thing``
+
+* ``bos_class__${class}__isa``
+* ``bos_class__${class}__meta``
+
+``invoke $class $id $method @etc`` if ``$class/$method`` is defined,
+call it; otherwise delegate to the meta-class
+``bos_class__${class}__meta`` by calling ``$metaclass/invoke $class
+$id $method @etc``
+
+then we have ``bos/mop/base/invoke`` and
+``bos/mop/base/find-method-into`` and
+``bos_class__bos__mop__base__meta="bos-dispatch/invoke bos/mop/base 0"``
+so its metaclass instance is an instance of itself
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