Re: [mcclim-devel] [PATCH] Drei: adding some PRINT-OBJECTs for lambda-list related objects.

"Tobias C. Rittweiler" <tcr@freebits.de> writes:

Hi all,

You'll find a small patch attached which adds some PRINT-OBJECTs for more descriptive results at the REPL; for example objects representing lambda-lists will be printed like

Thank you, committed.

I'm thinking of splitting out, and extending the lambda-list stuff into a standalone library. Now I wonder why all the lambda-list relevant classes only define reader methods for their slots. Is there some intentional purpose behind this functional design, or is it just this way because of KISS and YAGNI?

I like immutable data structures for this kind of stuff. The lambda list frobbing interface is loosely based on CL pathnames. -- \ Troels /\ Henriksen