From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: User-reserved element in byte code vectors (was: Emacs Common Lisp) Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 11:38:31 -0400 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <20040428153831.GA12392@fencepost> References: <85k7036eqr.fsf@junk.nocrew.org> <85smepfzqo.fsf@junk.nocrew.org> <85ad0wfkms.fsf_-_@junk.nocrew.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1083168424 18342 80.91.224.253 (28 Apr 2004 16:07:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 16:07:04 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 28 18:06:51 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BIraE-0005LR-00 for ; Wed, 28 Apr 2004 18:06:50 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BIraE-0007qg-00 for ; Wed, 28 Apr 2004 18:06:50 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BIrHZ-0006KG-8T for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Wed, 28 Apr 2004 11:47:33 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1BIrER-0005ex-4x for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Apr 2004 11:44:19 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1BIrB5-0004KV-DT for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Apr 2004 11:41:22 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BIrB5-0004KN-1x for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Apr 2004 11:40:51 -0400 Original-Received: from miles by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.24) id 1BIr8p-0004Tu-VM; Wed, 28 Apr 2004 11:38:31 -0400 Original-To: Lars Brinkhoff Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <85ad0wfkms.fsf_-_@junk.nocrew.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Blat: Foop X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:22307 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:22307 On Wed, Apr 28, 2004 at 12:43:23PM +0200, Lars Brinkhoff wrote: > > The make-byte-code function takes any number of arguments, so it > > already works. The problem is that there's no guarantee that future > > versions of Emacs won't start to use more than the first six elements. > > > > Now I see the issue. We could decide to leave the 7th element > > unused, and document that. > > Yes, that would be good enough for my purposes. Obviously, when more > than one object needs to be stored, I can just put them in a list or a > vector and put that in element 7. Indeed, my lexical binding extension already uses element 7... What do you need to store in the byte-vector? -Miles -- Yo mama's so fat when she gets on an elevator it HAS to go down.