From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Friedrich Dominicus Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: [OT] Re: Differences between Elisp and Lisp Date: 01 May 2003 08:37:43 +0200 Organization: Q Software Solutions GmbH Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87u1cfi348.fsf_-_@fbigm.here> References: <5ld6j3io7i.fsf@rum.cs.yale.edu> <87y91ri5p9.fsf@fbigm.here> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1051770948 26023 80.91.224.249 (1 May 2003 06:35:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 06:35:48 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu May 01 08:35:46 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19B7fW-0006lZ-00 for ; Thu, 01 May 2003 08:35:46 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 19B7fH-0002Gg-07 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 01 May 2003 02:35:31 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!feed.news.nacamar.de!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!newsmm00.sul.t-online.com!t-online.de!news.t-online.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 17 Original-X-Trace: news.t-online.com 1051770684 04 10573 wQ35E1PTShYAs1 030501 06:31:24 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@t-online.com X-ID: SSPsi6ZvQe0QGQcYXKiYlcVMxcEhnwZBcz-eMa7nI1kRFlI+qg088g User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) XEmacs/21.4 (Native Windows TTY Support) Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:112610 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:9107 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:9107 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen writes: > Friedrich Dominicus writes: > > >> Perhaps eieio already provides this? > > Partly, it just allows the first parameter to be constrained. > > Well, that's a lot better than having despatch on no parameters. > :-) Well eieio is supposed to work like CLOS and not Flavours. > > In my experience, I find that it's quite rare for me to despatch on > more parameters, really... (When I'm writing Common Lisp.) Well it comes in very handy in CLIM and W3P but that's totall OT here. Regards Friedrich