From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Nic Ferrier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Generators (iterators) for Gnu Emacs Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2014 21:26:05 +0000 Message-ID: <87a92z40eq.fsf@ferrier.me.uk> References: <877fy77zhp.fsf@web.de> <87k326d4ww.fsf@gmail.com> <877fy6rp2o.fsf@web.de> <548230FB.40307@dancol.org> <5482C872.5010304@dancol.org> <5483C537.3010707@dancol.org> <54840719.5080209@dancol.org> <87ppbv4bdt.fsf@ferrier.me.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1417987605 14415 80.91.229.3 (7 Dec 2014 21:26:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2014 21:26:45 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Michael Heerdegen , Daniel Colascione , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 07 22:26:37 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XxjLh-0008Ig-HI for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 07 Dec 2014 22:26:37 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59216 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XxjLh-0007Ig-3G for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 07 Dec 2014 16:26:37 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:38587) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XxjLO-0006yF-7t for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Dec 2014 16:26:24 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XxjLG-0006vC-6V for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Dec 2014 16:26:18 -0500 Original-Received: from static.17.66.46.78.clients.your-server.de ([78.46.66.17]:38962 helo=po1.ferrier.me.uk) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XxjLG-0006up-0L for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Dec 2014 16:26:10 -0500 Original-Received: from nicferrier-dell-xps (140.35.155.90.in-addr.arpa [90.155.35.140]) by po1.ferrier.me.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPA id EB93FAC00F4; Sun, 7 Dec 2014 22:46:08 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from nicferrier-XPS13-9333 (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nicferrier-dell-xps (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 415C36000B; Sun, 7 Dec 2014 21:26:06 +0000 (GMT) In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Sun, 07 Dec 2014 16:17:06 -0500") X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 78.46.66.17 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:179308 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: >> So agree to add some more core things to make the problem easier. > > I think I'd be willing to add Objects, indeed. At least the > completion-tables scream "make me an object". > >> A with-symbol for example. > > I don't know what `with-symbol' you're referring to. It's just a simple symbol-let, we discussed it before here I think. An alternative to a name system is to define a namespace with a macro: (defmacro my-package (&rest body) (symbol-macrolet ((foo my-package--foo) (bar my-package--bar)) ,@body)) But that isn't exactly a friendly pattern is it? Nic