Re: make-vtable

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi,

Kevin Ryde <address@hidden> writes:

> I know the "values" struct is doing exactly this, but I suspect it's
> abusing the vtable system.  I suspect that what scm_init_stacks() in
> stacks.c is doing is normal (if there's such a thing as "normal").

I'm not sure the indirection in `scm_init_stacks ()' is needed since it
uses STACK_LAYOUT for both VTABLE and SCM_STACK_TYPE, and `make-struct'
doesn't look at the vtable's vtable anyway (when creating instances of
SCM_STACK_TYPE).

> Perhaps we have an expert lurking here, but I think make-vtable-vtable
> does in fact do what its name suggests: make a vtable for creating
> vtables.

More generally, a three-level architecture like the one you suggest
would look fishy.  For instance, GOOPS and other CLOS derivatives have
<object> and <class>, representing respectively the "base" and "meta"
levels, but they have no need for <class-class>, <class-class-class> or
some such.

Thanks,
Ludovic.