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Re: [Axiom-developer] lisp dead code
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Waldek Hebisch |
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Re: [Axiom-developer] lisp dead code |
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Mon, 14 May 2007 01:33:35 +0200 (CEST) |
> I've been using the method of finding the root of the code tree and
> walking the branches. At each branch node, the code is collected and
> documented, the variables it depends on are collected and documented
> and the code is reorganized. The data structures used in the code are
> documented. When this process is completed for a root node it will end
> up in a package with only the exposed API functions exported.
>
> The interpreter is gradually moving into bookvol5 and the compiler
> will eventually move into bookvol6. Hyperdoc is bookvol7 and graphics
> is bookvol8. What remains after the tree is walked must either contain
> a new root or dead code.
>
IIRC bookvol5 also contains dead code. And frankly, concerning
readability I find bookvol5 worse than rest of the interpreter.
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Waldek Hebisch
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