From: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2@gmail.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Should records be able to mimic primitive types?
Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2017 15:09:18 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAArVCkQgH1eAgrOCSienO1E0TEpAqGF3R=2mtP=KCqT-=Njg0A@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvlgrfbrbb.fsf-monnier+gmane.emacs.devel@gnu.org>
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Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> schrieb am Mi., 5. Apr. 2017 um
03:10 Uhr:
> > Or should 'record' and 'make-record' reject attempts to build records
> > that pretend to be of primitive types?
>
> I don't see the benefit in trying to try hard to prevent the user from
> shooting himself in the foot.
>
>
It's not trying hard, just a simple check for a known, small, and
rarely-changing list of primitive symbols.
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Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-04-04 22:00 Should records be able to mimic primitive types? Paul Eggert
2017-04-05 1:09 ` Stefan Monnier
2017-04-08 15:09 ` Philipp Stephani [this message]
2017-04-08 17:57 ` Stefan Monnier
2017-05-01 11:35 ` Philipp Stephani
2017-05-01 12:03 ` Stefan Monnier
2017-06-10 11:39 ` Philipp Stephani
2017-06-10 12:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-06-12 15:07 ` Philipp Stephani
2017-06-12 17:00 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-06-12 17:15 ` Stefan Monnier
2017-06-12 17:22 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-06-12 17:47 ` Stefan Monnier
2017-06-12 17:40 ` Stefan Monnier
2017-06-16 18:42 ` Philipp Stephani
2017-06-16 19:07 ` Stefan Monnier
2017-09-24 14:47 ` Philipp Stephani
2017-09-24 16:44 ` Stefan Monnier
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