Hi!
Andy Wingo writes:
> On Thu 22 Oct 2009 00:00, l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes:
[...]
>> So the keyword alist is new meta-data stored alongside the procedure,
>> right?
>
> Yes. It is stored in the procedure's object table.
>
> The metadata itself does change on this branch. Before t
Hi Ludovic,
On Thu 22 Oct 2009 00:00, l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes:
> Andy Wingo writes:
>
>> So once you run out of optionals or see a keyword, the remaining
>> arguments are shuffled up on the stack, to be placed above the empty
>> slots for keyword arguments -- /if any/. Then the key
Hey,
Andy Wingo writes:
> All args are passed on the stack. A procedure may have required,
> optional, keyword, and rest arguments. The N required arguments are
> bound to the first N local variable slots. The M optional arguments are
> bound to the next M local variable slots. If an optional va
Good evening Ludovic :)
On Tue 13 Oct 2009 22:35, l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes:
> Andy Wingo writes:
>
>> I made allowances for efficient optional and keyword argument
>> dispatch -- so we can have keyword arguments without consing, and
>> arguments which are positionally optional yet c
Hello!
Andy Wingo writes:
> In order to expose the case-lambda functionality to Scheme though, we
> need a way to make lambdas with more than one case; so I think I will
> export case-lambda as an identifier by default.
>
> That is probably uncontroversial.
It’s fine with me, so certainly uncon
