16:15 <EEVV> hey what would the closest thing be to static methods? I want to make a global variable called "debug" and based on this variable I print extra stuff to the screen. I made a debug primitive but then apparently I can't do `let` in the outer most scope... so I changed it to a class but I'm still struggling

16:44 <SeanTAllen> EEVV: that already exists

16:44 <SeanTAllen> ifdef debug then whatever end

16:45 <SeanTAllen> anytime you build your program using `ponyc --debug` then debug will be defined

16:45 <EEVV> SeanTAllen, how to enable debug?

16:45 <EEVV> o

16:45 <EEVV> ok thanks

16:46 <SeanTAllen> note, there are no globals in Pony. you can do compile time defines however.

16:46 <SeanTAllen> you can also define your own:

16:46 <SeanTAllen> here's an example from Wallaroo....

16:46 <SeanTAllen> https://github.com/WallarooLabs/wallaroo/blob/cb6123c112719f3875088163eb05bc836a9f9cb3/lib/wallaroo/ent/network/external_channel_tcp.pony#L117

16:47 <SeanTAllen> note, that for user defined ones, they are in quotes

16:47 <EEVV> SeanTAllen so I would do `def "etc"`?

16:47 <EEVV> or `ponyc --etc`?

16:48 <SeanTAllen> its the --define flag to the compiler EEVV

16:48 <SeanTAllen> and if you had defined etc then you would do `ifdef "etc" then`

16:48 <SeanTAllen> you might also be interested in https://stdlib.ponylang.org/debug--index/

16:49 <EEVV> SeanTAllen, thank you very much!

16:49 <SeanTAllen> you're welcome

17:04 <theodus> Last Week in Pony - January 27, 2019 - https://www.ponylang.io/blog/2019/01/last-week-in-pony---january-27-2019/

18:22 <EEVV> why does `connected` in TCPListenNotify expect you to give it an `TCPConnectionNotify iso^`? specifically the `^` in `iso^`?

18:23 <EEVV> or maybe it is because two actors can't share a class...

18:24 <EEVV> I wanted to have an array of `TCPConnectionNotify` in my listener

18:45 <SeanTAllen> because that tis the TCPConnectionNotify that will be supplied to the TCPConnection instance that the listener will create.

18:45 <SeanTAllen> You need to give it a thing that has no aliases.

18:46 <SeanTAllen> two actors can not share an instance of a mutable class, that is correct

18:46 <SeanTAllen> you should be creating a new instance of something that implements TCPConnectionNotify for each new connection that will be spawned.

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