Re: Upstreaming org-element-ast (was: Improving Emacs' iCalendar support)

[Ihor Radchenko]

Richard Lawrence <rwl@recursewithless.net> writes:

>> I think that the simplest approach could be just leaving
>> `org-element--standard-properties' constant, but stuffing it with truly
>> generic properties that are common for all the possible parsers.
>>
>> WDYT?
>
> Well, it doesn't seem ideal, but maybe it's sufficient.
>
> Another idea: could one use aliasing or symbol properties somehow to
> allow library users to "rename" standard properties they don't need? All
> that really needs to happen dynamically is mapping a keyword to an array
> index, right?

The whole idea behind standard properties is that they are resolved
statically, at compile time. Adding any kind of dynamic resolution will
defeat their purpose (speed).

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