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serializing structs (prefabs)

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From: Andy Wingo <wingo <at> pobox.com>
To: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
Cc: 11198 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, guile-devel <guile-devel <at> gnu.org>
Subject: bug#11198: prefab structs in guile
Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2012 00:03:09 +0200

On Thu 05 Jul 2012 23:55, ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes:

> So I’d be in the ‘define-serializable-struct’ camp, so to speak.

That's a valid position to have in general.  I can also imagine cases in
which you would choose other things.  It's a spectrum.

> Prefabs raise an number of interesting issues.  For instance, what’s the
> meaning of #s(sprout bean #f 17) in a module where ‘sprout’ is unbound?

Prefab structs are not modular.  It is the same as in a module where
`sprout' is bound.  Reading #s(sprout bean #f 17) may create an RTD if
needed, but it does not create any bindings.

> types are compared by name.

As the documentation clearly indicates :), prefab structs are indeed
compared by name, though in a combination with other characteristics
(number of fields, and more characteristics for racket).

Andy
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