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 <mik...@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 > >
