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Re: scm_bits_t
- To: Dirk Herrmann <dirk at ida dot ing dot tu-bs dot de>
- Subject: Re: scm_bits_t
- From: Mikael Djurfeldt <mdj at mdj dot nada dot kth dot se>
- Date: 14 Mar 2000 13:26:19 +0100
- Cc: Guile Mailing List <guile at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
- Cc: djurfeldt at nada dot kth dot se
- References: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0003141137440.13413-100000@marvin.ida.ing.tu-bs.de>
Dirk Herrmann <dirk@ida.ing.tu-bs.de> writes:
> I suggest to use scm_t instead of scm_bits_t for guile's low leve data
> type.
Why?
To me, scm_bits_t seems like a better name than scm_t. Note that the
first part of the name is just a prefix, so `scm_t' conceptually is
just "t".
scm_bits_t actually tells what it is about: We convert an atomic type,
SCM, into a bit representation.
If you find a name which is truly better thab `scm_bits_t' I'll change
it.