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29.0.50; Generic functions and advertised-calling-convention

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie>, 58563 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#58563: 29.0.50; Generic functions and advertised-calling-convention
Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2022 11:35:00 -0400

Lars Ingebrigtsen [2022-10-16 17:16:27] wrote:
> Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
>> A defgeneric without a body is *not* a fallback method.
>> It's just a declaration, really.
> Er, right.  Geez, it's been too long since I've written Common Lisp...
> But still, having to use a defgeneric to do `declare's is a bit
> cumbersome.

The need for `declare` is infrequent.
The use of a single `cl-defmethod` is infrequent.

The intersection of the two should be small enough that I don't see
a good reason to care if it's slightly less convenient than ideal.

But I'm only arguing to defend my choice not to implement it: don't let
that stop you from doing the work :-)


        Stefan

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