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Re: "Current" solution for generalized set!


Mikael Djurfeldt <mdj@nada.kth.se> writes:

> 10. An implementation in the *current* Guile interpreter could be:
> 
>       i) Add new setter slot to all closures.  (Put a pair where the
>          current procedure properties live.  Let the car be the setter
>          slot and the cdr the property list.)
>      ii) A <getter-with-setter> is a closure with a non-#f setter slot.

And just a note for those who are interested in efficiency:

We can set the code and environment pointers of the
<getter-with-setter> to the code and environment pointers of the
getter, saving one level of procedure call in ((getter G) ...)

/mdj