From: Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.de>
Cc: guile-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: New syntax: (: MODULE-NAME VARIABLE-NAME)
Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 18:31:36 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <871xs8qkxz.fsf@zagadka.ping.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m3llqhxwrl.fsf@laruns.ossau.uklinux.net> (Neil Jerram's message of "15 Nov 2003 19:22:06 +0000")
Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net> writes:
> >> OK. One other specification query: will `:' only work if the relevant
> >> binding is exported?
>
> Marius> Yes, I think that's more disciplined.
>
> For most uses I agree, but what about debugging (or introspection)
> code, [...]
Yes, that would be useful as well.
> Obviously a `:'-like macro for non-exported bindings could be
> implemented separately (I think it just needs resolve-module instead
> of resolve-interface), but I wonder if it's worth designing an
> interface now that neatly covers both possibilities.
>
> For example:
> (: MOD-NAME VAR-NAME) -> look up from exported bindings only
> (: MOD-NAME VAR-NAME internal) -> look up from all bindings
Hmm, I would find it more natural to have a separate macro, like
(:: MOD-NAME VAR-NAME)
where '::' would be the (to me) obvious choice of name.
Unfortunately, with (read-set! keyword 'prefix) that name would be a
keyword...
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-11-16 17:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-11-13 18:12 New syntax: (: MODULE-NAME VARIABLE-NAME) Marius Vollmer
2003-11-13 19:47 ` Neil Jerram
2003-11-13 20:58 ` Marius Vollmer
2003-11-14 21:04 ` Neil Jerram
2003-11-15 15:19 ` Marius Vollmer
2003-11-15 19:22 ` Neil Jerram
2003-11-16 17:31 ` Marius Vollmer [this message]
2003-11-16 18:20 ` Neil Jerram
2003-11-16 18:38 ` Neil Jerram
2003-11-16 20:36 ` Marius Vollmer
2003-11-17 20:18 ` Neil Jerram
2003-11-17 21:34 ` Marius Vollmer
2003-11-16 20:28 ` Marius Vollmer
2003-11-14 22:09 ` Mikael Djurfeldt
2003-11-15 15:10 ` Marius Vollmer
2003-11-17 2:00 ` Mikael Djurfeldt
2003-11-17 14:41 ` Marius Vollmer
2003-11-16 8:02 ` Dirk Herrmann
2003-11-17 14:44 ` New syntax (@ MODULE-NAME VARIABLE-NAME) committed Marius Vollmer
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