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25.0.50; declarative type specification for D-Bus args

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From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: Daiki Ueno <ueno <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 20193 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#20193: 25.0.50; declarative type specification for D-Bus args
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2015 08:40:11 +0100

Daiki Ueno <ueno <at> gnu.org> writes:

> Certainly.  Do you have any preference on the alternative form?  My
> example used the `:type' keyword, but it was a tentative plan and might
> be too verbose for programmers.  Reusing `:signature' might be a better
> idea as you mentioned (though it might be confusing with the current
> meaning of `:signature' as a D-Bus type "g").

I'm OK with :type, as you said it is similar to what defcustom
offers. :signature would be confusing indeed, when it means Lisp
objects instead of a signature string.

> Regards,
> --
> Daiki Ueno

Best regards, Michael.

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