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From: Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>
Subject: Re: Creating recursive customization types / widgets
Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2003 11:10:42 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4n65h0ikn1.fsf@holmes.bwh.harvard.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: jwvk75hmxq1.fsf-monnier+emacs/devel@vor.iro.umontreal.ca

On 30 Nov 2003, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca wrote:

>> Below is a new widget named "child", which should simplify both
>> tasks a lot.
> 
> Neat.  I have no idea why it's called `child' and the resulting
> use of `child' in (define-widget 'foo 'child ...) does not look
> particularly intuitive, but I can't think of anything better either.

I like the patch, and I'm OK with "child" but here's some alternate
suggestions: recursive, inherited, derived, subtype, extending.

Ted

  parent reply	other threads:[~2003-12-01 16:10 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 [this message]
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
2003-12-02 11:24       ` David Kastrup

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