From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Distinguishing `consp` and `functionp`
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2024 14:45:57 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <86bk9448ai.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvsf2hqhw1.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (message from Stefan Monnier on Sun, 28 Jan 2024 16:27:27 -0500)
> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2024 16:27:27 -0500
>
> > Maybe I'm missing something, but I always thought that having code and
> > data indistinguishable is one of the strong sides of Lisp. Are we now
> > going to make this advantage smaller, by deprecating the use of lists
> > to represent functions?
>
> A function *value* contains code in some representation that depends on
> lots of factors. In practice most function values in most Lisp
> implementations are not just plain lists but are somewhat opaque data.
> This is also the case in ELisp where most function values are actually
> compiled either as bytecode or as native code: we do have tools to look
> inside, but they're definitely not plain old lists.
>
> The "code and data indistinguishable" is something that usually refers
> to various things:
>
> - the source code (which gives us powerful macros).
> - the availability of `read`able print representations of functions (tho
> that doesn't apply to native-compiled functions, sadly).
> - the ability to embed any value (including a function) into source code
> via `quote`.
>
> Those three are mostly independent from each other (and are not affected
> by my patch). And if you ask other people, they may give you different
> answers.
>
> But looking inside a function *value* (i.e. what is returned at run time
> by the evaluation of `#'(lambda ...)`) with `car/cdr` is rarely
> supported in the Lisp world.
So your patch only affects "looking inside a function value"?
If so, what are the situations where a Lisp program in Emacs would
like or need to "look inside a function value"?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-01-29 12:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 59+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-01-25 23:15 Distinguishing `consp` and `functionp` Stefan Monnier
2024-01-26 0:00 ` Adam Porter
2024-01-26 0:24 ` Stefan Monnier
2024-01-26 7:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-01-26 19:22 ` João Távora
2024-01-26 21:13 ` Stefan Monnier
2024-01-26 21:50 ` João Távora
2024-01-26 23:55 ` Stefan Monnier
2024-01-27 0:22 ` Daniel Mendler via Emacs development discussions.
2024-01-27 11:47 ` João Távora
2024-01-27 13:20 ` Po Lu
2024-01-27 11:53 ` João Távora
2024-01-28 3:03 ` Richard Stallman
2024-01-28 21:27 ` Stefan Monnier
2024-01-29 12:45 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2024-01-29 15:19 ` Stefan Monnier
2024-01-29 15:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-01-29 15:41 ` Stefan Monnier
2024-01-29 15:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-01-29 15:48 ` Stefan Monnier
2024-01-29 15:54 ` João Távora
2024-01-29 16:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-01-29 16:25 ` João Távora
2024-01-29 16:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-01-29 16:17 ` Andreas Schwab
2024-01-29 16:34 ` João Távora
2024-02-01 3:49 ` Richard Stallman
2024-01-29 16:28 ` Stefan Monnier
2024-01-29 16:34 ` João Távora
2024-01-29 20:00 ` Stefan Monnier
2024-01-30 8:58 ` João Távora
2024-01-30 12:54 ` Stefan Monnier
2024-01-30 22:24 ` João Távora
2024-01-30 23:13 ` Stefan Monnier
2024-01-30 23:43 ` João Távora
2024-01-31 0:22 ` Stefan Monnier
2024-01-31 0:40 ` João Távora
2024-01-31 3:37 ` Stefan Monnier
2024-01-31 10:51 ` João Távora
2024-01-31 18:34 ` Stefan Monnier
2024-02-01 3:49 ` Richard Stallman
2024-01-29 17:09 ` Yuri Khan
2024-02-01 3:49 ` Richard Stallman
2024-01-30 3:58 ` Richard Stallman
2024-01-27 11:00 ` Alan Mackenzie
2024-01-27 14:25 ` Stefan Monnier
2024-01-27 23:01 ` Alan Mackenzie
2024-01-28 0:00 ` Stefan Monnier
2024-01-28 6:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-01-28 17:26 ` Alan Mackenzie
2024-01-28 17:48 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-01-28 19:42 ` Alan Mackenzie
2024-01-28 20:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-01-28 18:21 ` Stefan Monnier
2024-01-28 18:38 ` Stefan Monnier
2024-01-27 13:14 ` Po Lu
2024-01-27 14:41 ` Stefan Monnier
2024-01-28 1:56 ` Po Lu
2024-01-28 20:55 ` Stefan Kangas
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