Re: [webkit-dev] When should I use AtomicString vs String?

2013-06-01 Thread Ryosuke Niwa
On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 9:09 PM, Glenn Adams wrote: > On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 9:56 PM, Darin Adler wrote: > >> On Jun 1, 2013, at 8:54 PM, Glenn Adams wrote: >> >> > You guys obviously never wrote any Lisp code. >> >> Lets not play this game. When I met Maciej he was the maintainer of one >> of t

Re: [webkit-dev] When should I use AtomicString vs String?

2013-06-01 Thread Simon Fraser
Gecko simply calls these “Atoms”. StringAtom? AtomString? Simon On Jun 1, 2013, at 9:09 PM, Glenn Adams wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 9:56 PM, Darin Adler wrote: > On Jun 1, 2013, at 8:54 PM, Glenn Adams wrote: > > > You guys obviously never wrote any Lisp code. > > Lets not play this

Re: [webkit-dev] When should I use AtomicString vs String?

2013-06-01 Thread Glenn Adams
On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 9:56 PM, Darin Adler wrote: > On Jun 1, 2013, at 8:54 PM, Glenn Adams wrote: > > > You guys obviously never wrote any Lisp code. > > Lets not play this game. When I met Maciej he was the maintainer of one of > the most popular Scheme implementations, if I remember correctl

Re: [webkit-dev] When should I use AtomicString vs String?

2013-06-01 Thread Darin Adler
On Jun 1, 2013, at 8:54 PM, Glenn Adams wrote: > You guys obviously never wrote any Lisp code. Lets not play this game. When I met Maciej he was the maintainer of one of the most popular Scheme implementations, if I remember correctly. -- Darin ___ w

Re: [webkit-dev] When should I use AtomicString vs String?

2013-06-01 Thread Glenn Adams
You guys obviously never wrote any Lisp code. http://books.google.com/books?id=FYoOIWuoXUIC&lpg=PA267&ots=ioaahFTKT0&dq=intern%20special%20form%20maclisp&pg=PA266#v=onepage&q=intern%20special%20form%20maclisp&f=false On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 6:01 PM, Ryosuke Niwa wrote: > On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at

Re: [webkit-dev] When should I use AtomicString vs String?

2013-06-01 Thread Ryosuke Niwa
On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 4:45 PM, Maciej Stachowiak wrote: > > On Jun 1, 2013, at 3:58 PM, Darin Adler wrote: > > On May 31, 2013, at 8:01 PM, Glenn Adams wrote: > > One thing that always threw me was the term "Atomic" in the class name. I > wonder if the term "InternedString" would make it usage

Re: [webkit-dev] When should I use AtomicString vs String?

2013-06-01 Thread Maciej Stachowiak
On Jun 1, 2013, at 3:58 PM, Darin Adler wrote: > On May 31, 2013, at 8:01 PM, Glenn Adams wrote: > >> One thing that always threw me was the term "Atomic" in the class name. I >> wonder if the term "InternedString" would make it usage more apparent. > > I personally love the name AtomicStrin

Re: [webkit-dev] When should I use AtomicString vs String?

2013-06-01 Thread Darin Adler
On May 31, 2013, at 8:01 PM, Glenn Adams wrote: > One thing that always threw me was the term "Atomic" in the class name. I > wonder if the term "InternedString" would make it usage more apparent. I personally love the name AtomicString (the string of tomorrow) and have been using that name fo