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Re: define-alias question
- From: Matthieu Vachon <matthieu dot o dot vachon at gmail dot com>
- To: Per Bothner <per at bothner dot com>
- Cc: "kawa at sourceware dot org" <kawa at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 09:22:42 -0400
- Subject: Re: define-alias question
- References: <CAOTvmokJvFFYkeCJPvD-VTmZNQ-n=S1v7AdyyTwyjDUQdbj3Vw at mail dot gmail dot com> <51E7900F dot 7060301 at bothner dot com>
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> For consistency, I think it would be possible to export an alias.
> However, perhaps it would only be exported if explicitly specified
> as exported. That would be an incompatible language change.
> What do people think of that?
This seems to be a good compromise for me. Since it would be an
incompatible change, maybe it should be released at the same time
Kawa starts treating `#!null` as false.
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> However, I haven't tested this.
I will try it, certainly tonight, and will tell you how it goes.
Regards,
Matt