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14:16:34
beach
I think I should document what several operators "mean" in the different bootstrapping environment. Like what does it "mean" to call MAKE-INSTANCE in each environment? What classes are acceptable to MAKE-INSTANCE in that environment? Where does it look up its class if a symbol is given? Same thing for other operators that look things up, like ENSURE-CLASS, ENSURE-GENERIC-FUNCTION, etc.
14:17:14
beach
By having those written down, whenever I get confused, I can just read the description, rather than trying to figure out the information.
14:31:00
jcowan
I thought of another application of improper lists besides lazy sequences: a poor man's persistent hash table consisting of an a-list with a hash table in the tail.
14:31:50
jcowan
you initialize the hash table with your "global" keys and values, and then wrap it in a cons and treat it as a normal hash table, aconsing new keys and values as needed
1:47:40
jcowan
imo (integer 0 255) and the float types that are actually implemented (presumably single and double) are musts, but after that I don't know whether to go with s8, u16, s16, ... s64 or just fixnum. There is also an argument for (complex *-float).