Re: Keywords in GOOPS methods v2

[Mikael Djurfeldt <mikael@djurfeldt.com>]

Guile maintainers might want to consider if we should time this kind of
change in the API with a particular release. For my part, I think we could
just add it.

On Sun, Nov 24, 2024 at 3:40 PM Mikael Djurfeldt <mikael@djurfeldt.com>
wrote:

> This is my second attempt at introducing keyword aware methods in GOOPS.
>
> I was split but finally decided to go with keeping keyword non-aware
> define-method and method and introducing keyword aware new syntax method*
> and define-method*. Arguments are:
>
> 1. It preserves simplicity in method and define-method such that other
> implementations (like guile-hoot) can choose to only define these (and
> possibly provide something like Mark's macro doe define-method*).
> 2. It aligns with lambda* and define*.
> 3. It is somewhat better at protecting backward compatibility.
> 4. It preserves the option to also in the internal implementation use
> something like Mark's macro once this gives equal performance.
>
> I've also committed these changes to
>
> https://github.com/mdjurfeldt/guile/tree/goops-keyword
>
> I'm going to start documenting this now and will then commit it to the
> Guile repo.
>
> Best regards,
> Mikael
>
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