From: Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
To: Dave Goel <deego3@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Accepting and returning multiple values in 'cl
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:07:42 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <buotz5zs7sh.fsf@dhlpc061.dev.necel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87prgnquvh.fsf@marie.gnufans.net> (Dave Goel's message of "Wed, 11 Mar 2009 23:32:02 -0400")
Dave Goel <deego3@gmail.com> writes:
> It seems to me that CL can easily handle multiple values correctly.
> Currently, it uses lists instead of multiple values, which is far less
> than satisfactory. Just to cite one example, a user should be able to
> use both these simultaneously:
I'm not sure it's worth trying to develop the cl.el MRV stuff much
unless it actually works like real CL MRVs:
(1) _efficient_, no consing
(2) seamlessly interoperable with SRVs (e.g., non-MRV-aware callers
can just pretend a MRV function returns a single value, with no
effort on their part)
-Miles
--
You can hack anything you want, with TECO and DDT.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-03-12 4:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-03-12 3:32 Accepting and returning multiple values in 'cl Dave Goel
2009-03-12 4:07 ` Miles Bader [this message]
2009-03-12 4:11 ` Dave Goel
2009-03-12 4:41 ` Jonathan Rockway
2009-03-12 16:25 ` Dave Goel
[not found] ` <jwvzlfqhawb.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org>
[not found] ` <87bps6ip3n.fsf@marie.gnufans.net>
[not found] ` <jwv4oxyh74y.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org>
2009-03-12 19:57 ` Dave Goel
2009-03-12 21:03 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-03-13 19:05 ` Dave Goel
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