Using Cast to dynamically assign and execute types and methods.

[// lasso

define_tag(
'cast',
-required='in',
-required='as',
-priority='replace',
-description='Casts the given object as the given type.'
);
protect;
if(#as == 'bytes');
local('x' = bytes);
#x->importstring(string(#in));
#in = #x;
else;
#in = tags->find(#as)->run(
-params=array(#in)
);
/if;
/protect;
/define_tag;




define_type:'test';

local('do')=string;

define_tag('onCreate');

self->'do'='monster';
/define_tag;

define_tag:'print', -required='str';
var:'y' = ' it works';
return('string input: ' + #str + ' property input: '+self->'do');
/define_tag;

define_tag('_unknowntag', -encodenone );
return(tag_name);
/define_tag;

define_tag('three', -encodenone );
return(self->'do');
/define_tag;


/define_type;


var('once'='test');
var:'x' = $once;
/*
$x->type;
$once->type;
*/

$x->type;
'
\n';
cast($x, -as=$once);
$x->type;
'
\n';

var:'object' = $x;
var:'method' = 'three';

($object)->\$method->(run(
-owner=$object
));
]