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Re: Parametric modules

To: djurfeldt at nada dot kth dot se
Subject: Re: Parametric modules
From: Mikael Djurfeldt <mdj at mdj dot nada dot kth dot se>
Date: 14 Aug 2000 20:39:36 +0200
Cc: Jost Boekemeier <jostobfe at calvados dot zrz dot TU-Berlin dot DE>, guile at sourceware dot cygnus dot com, djurfeldt at nada dot kth dot se
Cc: djurfeldt at nada dot kth dot se
References: <E13NUr0-000412-00@linnaeus.mit.edu><p2tlmxzg35c.fsf@ruebe.zrz.tu-berlin.de><xy7em3rr8sp.fsf@mdj.nada.kth.se>
Reply-To: djurfeldt at nada dot kth dot se

Mikael Djurfeldt <mdj@mdj.nada.kth.se> writes:

> But what I think maybe is even less beautiful is the way the
> translator module connects to Guile.  Guile itself will be forced to
> do magical things with the module system in order to use the language
> modules.

Oops, forgot to mention GOOPS!

Maybe a better interface would be that the language module doesn't
export any bindings, but instead imports a few generic functions which
are part of a language MOP, and calls a procedure which installs the
new language into the system?

Could someone propose such an interface?

References:
- Language translation proposal
  - From: Mikael Djurfeldt
- Parametric modules
  - From: Jost Boekemeier
- Re: Parametric modules
  - From: Mikael Djurfeldt

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