From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: what is `self-typing' ? Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:45:09 +0200 Message-ID: <83bphm5dka.fsf@gnu.org> References: <907065090912252353g40094175q1bec9f4062d82434@mail.gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1261817080 22077 80.91.229.12 (26 Dec 2009 08:44:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:44:40 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Dec 26 09:44:33 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NOSGE-0001TW-9C for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:44:30 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:44777 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NOSGE-0003iE-7z for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 26 Dec 2009 03:44:30 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NOSFq-0003i9-W4 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Dec 2009 03:44:07 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NOSFl-0003hP-LK for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Dec 2009 03:44:05 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=36195 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NOSFl-0003hM-FP for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Dec 2009 03:44:01 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout21.012.net.il ([80.179.55.169]:56957) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NOSFl-0003Gy-2T for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Dec 2009 03:44:01 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout21.012.net.il by a-mtaout21.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0KV900A003M3W900@a-mtaout21.012.net.il> for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:42:50 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([77.127.236.58]) by a-mtaout21.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0KV900BH647DAK00@a-mtaout21.012.net.il> for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:42:50 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: <907065090912252353g40094175q1bec9f4062d82434@mail.gmail.com> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (beta) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:70863 Archived-At: > Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:53:47 +0800 > From: waterloo > > > Lisp is unlike many other languages in that its objects are > > "self-typing": the primitive type of each object is implicit in the > > object itself. For example, if an object is a vector, nothing can > > treat it as a number; Lisp knows it is a vector, not a number. > > > > What is `self-typing' ? thanks The explanation appears right there: ``self-typing'' objects are objects that have their type implicit in the object itself.