On Wed, Oct 29, 2003 at 02:45:24PM -0600, xxxxxx@freenetproject.org wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 29, 2003 at 12:03:09PM -0800, Bradd W. Szonye wrote:
> > > Bradd W. Szonye wrote:
> > >> A programmer cannot implement a new collection type without knowing
> > >> the details of the dispatch method ....
> >
> > xxxxxx@freenetproject.org wrote:
> > > I agree.  Thats why this is mentioned in the issues.  But thats a
> > > 'solve once' problem for the implementer.
> >
> > It's a "must be solved" problem for everyone who implements the core of
> > SRFI-44 *and* for everyone who wants to add a new collection to the
> > system.
>
> Yes, but its not that hard.  They can integrate with Tiny-CLOS if the
> SRFI-44 implementation they're using isn't using a more native feature
> of the Scheme system, or that system otherwise.  Adding the collection
> to whatever dispatch mechanism is being used is pretty trivial compared
> to actually implementing the collection.

And what about the library writer who wants to target more than one
SRFI-44 implementation? That's a "must be solved once per SRFI-44
implementation" problem. SRFI-44 as (under)specified requires a lot of
porting to get code from one implementation to another, and it provides
no guidance for how to do that.
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Bradd W. Szonye
http://www.szonye.com/bradd