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Re: Name change: SCMWORD --> scm_word_t
- To: Mikael Djurfeldt <mdj at mdj dot nada dot kth dot se>
- Subject: Re: Name change: SCMWORD --> scm_word_t
- From: "Greg J. Badros" <gjb at cs dot washington dot edu>
- Date: 12 Mar 2000 08:39:09 -0800
- Cc: Mikael Djurfeldt <djurfeldt at nada dot kth dot se>, mjs at eazel dot com, guile at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
- References: <E12Tvin-0005Og-00@mdj.nada.kth.se> <xy7r9dg9mvi.fsf@mdj.nada.kth.se>
Mikael Djurfeldt <mdj@mdj.nada.kth.se> writes:
> Mikael Djurfeldt <mdj@mdj.nada.kth.se> writes:
>
> > BTW, isn't there a better name than SCM_WORD, a name less connected
> > with a certain size of data? (Can't think of one myself right now.)
>
> OK, how about "bits": We use the macro whenever we want access to the
> bits of an SCM value:
>
> SCM_BITS (x)
> SCM_CARBITS (x)
> SCM_SCM (x)
>
> as a subsitute for the current
>
> SCM_ASWORD (x)
> SCM_CARW (x)
> SCM_ASSCM (x)
I like this the best of all the suggestions so far... please feel free
to make the change (or let me know if you want me to do it).
Greg