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RE: [External] : CL packages landed
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Drew Adams |
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RE: [External] : CL packages landed |
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Fri, 21 Oct 2022 20:13:13 +0000 |
> > Now we should figure out a good way to disambiguate
> > the use of the word "package", for our docs etc.,
> > to help users understand that this and the Emacs
> > "package" system are completely different species.
>
> I call them symbol-packages if in doubt.
Sure. But a simpler name might be useful. And folks
might anyway end up calling them "packages" - e.g.,
when they _think_ what's meant isn't in doubt.
"Obarray" was an obscure word, but it had the upside
of being one of a kind - unambiguous.
___
(I hear a whispered "snobarray", for symbol-name
obarray. No, I'm not serious.)
Re: CL packages landed, Gerd Möllmann, 2022/10/21
Re: CL packages landed, Andrea Corallo, 2022/10/21
RE: [External] : CL packages landed, Drew Adams, 2022/10/21
Re: CL packages landed, Philip Kaludercic, 2022/10/22
Re: CL packages landed, Richard Stallman, 2022/10/23