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Article #686Re: CLOS Private Methods
From: Lee Spector
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 1991 21:15
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 1991 21:15
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In article <9106260502.AA11848@kuwait> jonl%kuwait@lucid.com (Jon L White) writes: >But as you say, common practice amongst Common Lisp programmers is to use >packages sparingly -- perhaps too sparingly. I believe this is due to the >"Fear of Packages", and long have wanted to write an expose on the use of >the CL package facility; something with a title like, say, "Packages >Unwrapped". As ever, the "Fear of <x>" stems not only from an "Ignorance >of <x>" but also an "Ignorance of One's Ignorance of <x>" > >-- JonL - I'd simply like to incourage JonL or anyone else to write package system tips, and to post them here, in comp.lang.lisp, or in any obtainable, published source. Though I have read Steele on packages many times, I nonetheless sometimes have nasty, time-consuming fights with the package system. There have already been a couple of helpful followups on this, but a more comprehensive guide would be really nice. Nothing else in CL/CLOS has ever caused me such grief... -Lee (spector@cs.umd.edu)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!caen!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!midway!mimsy!spector From: spector@mimsy.umd.edu (Lee Spector) Newsgroups: comp.lang.clos Subject: Re: CLOS Private Methods Summary: Package system tips would be appreciated Message-ID: <36032@mimsy.umd.edu> Date: 27 Jun 91 21:15:23 GMT References: <LGM.91Jun25201133@cbnewsc.ATT.COM> <9106260502.AA11848@kuwait> Reply-To: spector@mimsy.umd.edu (Lee Spector) Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742 Lines: 19