Greetings! Robert Boyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > I also wanted the ability to expand a FUNCTION call in the Lisp editor, > > which I don't think the Lisp Machine could do. The problems can get > > worse, as they have to deal with call-by-value as well as renaming, > > special variables, etc. > > Etc., etc., &optional, &key, &allow-other-keys, ... why not > &cetera! > > Yes! Of course, Camm would like to be sure about expanding > FUNCTION calls too, so that the GCL compiler can do INLINE > expansions very well. > The way this is done at present (at the lisp level) is through compiler macros. At the C level, certain remaining calls are inlined if the argument and return types match. Take care, > Bob > > > > -- Camm Maguire [EMAIL PROTECTED] ========================================================================== "The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens." -- Baha'u'llah _______________________________________________ Gcl-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gcl-devel
