From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Creating recursive customization types / widgets Date: 02 Dec 2003 12:24:29 +0100 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1070368204 577 80.91.224.253 (2 Dec 2003 12:30:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 12:30:04 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Per Abrahamsen , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Tue Dec 02 13:30:01 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AR9fF-0005Fe-00 for ; Tue, 02 Dec 2003 13:30:01 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AR9fF-0004yl-00 for ; Tue, 02 Dec 2003 13:30:01 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1ARAZ0-0001iu-Js for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Tue, 02 Dec 2003 08:27:38 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1ARAIY-0005Ra-Nn for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Dec 2003 08:10:38 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1ARAI2-0005Gq-8y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Dec 2003 08:10:37 -0500 Original-Received: from [217.80.157.147] (helo=localhost.localdomain) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.24) id 1AR9bb-0005k7-RZ; Tue, 02 Dec 2003 07:26:16 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.localdomain (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id hB2BOaPe002251 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 2 Dec 2003 12:24:37 +0100 Original-Received: (from dak@localhost) by localhost.localdomain (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) id hB2BOU04002247; Tue, 2 Dec 2003 12:24:30 +0100 Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: Original-Lines: 16 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 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:18276 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:18276 Richard Stallman writes: > The doc string for `child' is now clear, but it shows > that `child' is not the right name for it. > > ISTR that there is a frequently used term for an object > whose value will be computed only when you actually refer to it, > but it has been so many years that I don't remember the term. > Is it "lazy"? Maybe this type should be called `lazy'. > > `delayed' is ok too. dynamic? -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum