Re: memory.text

[Dirk Herrmann]

On 16 Dec 2001, Marius Vollmer wrote:

> Dirk Herrmann <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > On 27 Nov 2001, Marius Vollmer wrote:
> > 
> > > Dirk Herrmann <address@hidden> writes:
> > > 
> > > > On 25 Nov 2001, Marius Vollmer wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > > What about naming the function scm_make_cell, or scm_new_cell?
> > > > > 
> > > > > I named it scm_alloc_cell and scm_alloc_double_cell.  Not sure if that
> > > > > are better names than yours... 
> > > > 
> > > > Ah, I hadn't realized that you already had submitted your patches.  
> > > > Still,
> > > > I like the scm_make_cell and scm_make_double_cell names better...  Maybe
> > > > we should have a voting :-)
> > > 
> > > Yeah, why not.
> > 
> > Then, I believe to have an even better suggestion:  scm_cell and
> > scm_double_cell.  Fits nicely with scm_string, scm_vector etc.
> 
> Ok.  Do you think the change is still young enough to change it again?
> If so, please go ahead. ;)

Done!  However, there's something that should be noted here:  The name
scm_cell was used for Guile's basic cell datatype.  According to our new
naming scheme for data types, this should already have been renamed to
scm_t_cell, but it was forgotten at that time.  Maybe it would be a good
idea to rename it in the stable branch and deprecate the old name
there, before the release is made?  (I don't know whether such a change is
still OK for the stable branch.)

Best regards
Dirk Herrmann