Oh, yes. dict-ref is good. Robby
On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 12:59 PM, Ryan Culpepper <ry...@ccs.neu.edu> wrote: > 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 > > _________________________________________________ For list-related administrative tasks: http://list.cs.brown.edu/mailman/listinfo/plt-dev
