Re: [PATCH] Added inotify support.

[Stefan Monnier]

>> I think the cleaner option is to define a new object type for it.
>> It could be either a new Lisp_Misc type, so you can make them print as
>> something like "#<file-watcher NNN>" (take a look at "enum
>> Lisp_Misc_Type" and "union Lisp_Misc" in src/lisp.h for starters; adding
>> a new type will require adding corresponding branches to the switch
>> statements in alloc.c and in print.c).
> That sounds like the best option.  I haven't implemented it yet.  Is it 
> possible to make the Lisp_Misc_Type comparable with `equal'?

It could be done (fairly easily), but I'd rather not.

> Because the  watch-descriptor has to be comparable.

It's comparable with `eq'.  Why would you need two different
#<file-watcher...> objects for the same C-level `wd'?


        Stefan