From: Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Creating recursive customization types / widgets
Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2003 12:05:18 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3FCE33EE.70409@yahoo.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: E1AROtw-00013j-KM@fencepost.gnu.org
Richard Stallman wrote:
> 'lazy' and 'delayed' are good because they describe how the widget
> accomplish its task. But I now believe 'recursive' is best, because
> it described what the task is. Also
>
> (define-widget 'binary-tree 'recursive ...)
>
> reads well: A binary tree is a recursive datastructure with the
> following attributes ...
>
> That use is recursive, but the widget doesn't require you to use
> recursion. Its essence is lazy or delayed evaluation. So I think
> that should be the name.
Can widgets have aliases, like variables and functions?
--
Kevin Rodgers
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-12-03 19:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-11-29 16:38 Creating recursive customization types / widgets Per Abrahamsen
2003-11-29 18:34 ` Per Abrahamsen
2003-11-30 20:05 ` Stefan Monnier
2003-12-01 11:36 ` Per Abrahamsen
2003-12-01 16:35 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2003-12-02 12:37 ` tapsellferrier.co.uk Host name lookup failure Robert J. Chassell
2003-12-01 17:08 ` Creating recursive customization types / widgets Per Abrahamsen
2003-12-02 0:31 ` Juri Linkov
2003-12-02 10:19 ` Per Abrahamsen
2003-12-02 12:46 ` David Kastrup
2003-12-02 13:34 ` Per Abrahamsen
2003-12-02 10:40 ` Per Abrahamsen
2003-12-01 13:36 ` Per Abrahamsen
2003-12-01 16:10 ` Ted Zlatanov
2003-12-01 19:24 ` Per Abrahamsen
2003-12-01 1:45 ` Richard Stallman
2003-12-01 13:27 ` Per Abrahamsen
2003-12-02 4:17 ` Richard Stallman
2003-12-02 10:31 ` Per Abrahamsen
2003-12-03 4:46 ` Richard Stallman
2003-12-03 12:30 ` Per Abrahamsen
2003-12-03 15:26 ` Per Abrahamsen
2003-12-03 19:05 ` Kevin Rodgers [this message]
2003-12-02 11:24 ` David Kastrup
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