On Mar 26, 2009, at 3:27 AM, Robby Findler wrote:
How about not including the "bound-" and "free-" prefixes in the
lookup functions?
I can think of three main alternatives for providing access to the
operations:
1. Provide specific procedures (eg, 'bound-id-table-ref') and also
implement a generic interface (so 'dict-ref' also works).
2. Provide only constructors; all other operations go through the
generic interface.
3. Like 1 (specific procedures) but collapse some together (eg, 'id-
table-ref').
(Supporting the generic dict interface is a given.)
I like option 1 best, since it serves both the people who like short
generic names and those who like the explicitness (and greater
speed--???) of distinct specific procedures.
Ryan
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