Thanks all, I'll go with the plist example!

On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 5:54 PM, Tassilo Horn <tassilo@member.fsf.org> wrote:

> Johan Andersson <johan.rejeep@gmail.com> writes:
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> Hi Johan,
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> > All of your examples will work fine in my case. But is it "accepted"
> > by Emacs users to code a mode using these structures?
>
> `defstruct' is part of GNU Emacs (dunno XEmacs) in its cl library
> (Common Lisp features library), so you can expect that users have it.
> Code which should be included in stock emacs must not require those
> features, though.
>
> EIEIO currently is an external addon, so users would need to install it
> before using your mode.
>
> A simple plist approach like the one I've posted doesn't require
> anything, but maybe the other structures are a bit more convenient.
>
> So it's your choice to make. ;-)
>
> Bye,
> Tassilo
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