Re: structs, records, SMOBs etc.

[mike@olan.com (Michael N. Livshin)]

Jim Blandy <jimb@red-bean.com> writes:

> Hmm.  I still think it's okay.
> 
> Every heap-freezing method either has a way to resolve references to
> objects outside of the heap at load time (for example, from
> primitives' procedure objects to the C functions that implement them),
> or it assumes that external objects are at fixed locations.
> 
> - If it has some load-time patching method, you can use that to get
> the SMOB's tags.
> 
> - If it has no resolution method, you're assuming the outside world is
> quite static, so you might as well also assume that your SMOB
> registration happens in the same order.

Hmm.  I'm convinced, I guess...

> > > > BTW is there any "static" (oops :) way to register functions, at
> > > > least theoretically?
> > > Not at present.  Maybe in the future.
> > Mind telling how?  Or where can I read about this?  Just academically
> > curious.
> 
> "Maybe in the future" means "I haven't thought about it yet, but it
> sounds like it might be a good idea."  :)  If we had plans written up,
> then I would have said something like "We've talked about it, but it
> isn't done yet."

I didn't mean the "how" to sound "how you are going RSN to do it in
Guile".  I just don't understand how, in general, you can register
things without explicitly putting them into the hash, one by one.

mike.