On Wed, 08 Dec 2010 00:20:13 -0500 Neil Van Dyke <neil-isoeuafokgkgblj5vkm...@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Manfred Lotz wrote at 12/07/2010 11:51 PM: > [...] > > (add-record (make-book :author "John Grisham" :title "The Client")) > > > > I like to use field names like in the example above. Can I do this > > in racket? > > What I have done most recently is to define a struct with a low-level > constructor with positional arguments, and then define a constructor > procedure with keyword arguments ultimately calls the low-level > constructor. > > There is often a need for a higher-level constructor anyway, such as > for storing internal information in the struct or performing run-time > checks. > > But, if you wanted to, you could define a simple macro that defines a > struct constructor that accepts keyword arguments and simply stores > arguments to struct fields without checking or any other added > behavior. > Thanks, Neil. I understand that it is not available directly in Racket but available through packages like yours which is fine for me. -- Manfred -- Manfred _________________________________________________ For list-related administrative tasks: http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/users
