From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Brinkhoff Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: User-reserved element in byte code vectors Date: 02 May 2004 21:27:54 +0200 Organization: nocrew Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <85llka8w91.fsf@junk.nocrew.org> References: <85k7036eqr.fsf@junk.nocrew.org> <85smepfzqo.fsf@junk.nocrew.org> <85ad0wfkms.fsf_-_@junk.nocrew.org> <85oepcdts4.fsf_-_@junk.nocrew.org> <85vfjf9s4j.fsf@junk.nocrew.org> <85pt9m8xkp.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 1083526154 832 80.91.224.253 (2 May 2004 19:29:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 2 May 2004 19:29:14 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Sun May 02 21:29:06 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 1BKMeA-0001xA-00 for ; Sun, 02 May 2004 21:29:06 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BKMeA-0006yW-00 for ; Sun, 02 May 2004 21:29:06 +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 1BKMe5-0000R9-S4 for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Sun, 02 May 2004 15:29:01 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1BKMdf-0000J2-Nh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 02 May 2004 15:28:35 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1BKMd3-0008TG-7g for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 02 May 2004 15:28:28 -0400 Original-Received: from [213.242.147.30] (helo=junk.nocrew.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BKMd2-0008Sr-Gh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 02 May 2004 15:27:56 -0400 Original-Received: from lars by junk.nocrew.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BKMd0-0003xt-00; Sun, 02 May 2004 21:27:54 +0200 Original-To: Stefan Monnier In-Reply-To: Original-Lines: 16 User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) Emacs/20.7 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:22554 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:22554 Stefan Monnier writes: > > No, that's not necessary. As long as the first six element in the > > byte code object are as Emacs expects them to be, anything can be > > stuffed into additional elements. At least in GNU Emacs 20.7, > > 21.3, and CVS. > But then how does your bytecode access this 7th element? Yes, that's a problem. I don't think there is a way. Something would have to be invented for this to work. Miles Bader said something about using the 7th element for closures, but I don't know the details. -- Lars Brinkhoff, Services for Unix, Linux, GCC, HTTP Brinkhoff Consulting http://www.brinkhoff.se/