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Re: Using custom as a type checker:- ramble
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Phillip Lord |
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Re: Using custom as a type checker:- ramble |
Date: |
27 Mar 2003 17:11:03 +0000 |
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>>>>> "Stefan" == Stefan Monnier
>>>>> <monnier+gnu.emacs.help/news/@flint.cs.yale.edu> writes:
Stefan> It should be possible to get the desired result without
Stefan> implementing an elisp interpreter in elisp, but instead by
Stefan> temporarily rebinding `setq' as a macro (and things like
Stefan> that).
>> I think that would be fairly hard! setq is such a basic function,
>> and to change it so that it worked correctly, but still failed at
>> the appropriate time.
Stefan> I don't intend it to fail any more than the plain `setq'
Stefan> does. The only difference would be a bunch of warnings.
Ah, okay. I was thinking of signalling errors, but warning is also
fine.
Cheers
Phil