On 7/11/2011 9:53 AM, Kazimir Majorinc wrote:
On 11.7.2011. 15:04, Ken Tilton wrote:
On 7/10/2011 4:40 AM, Kazimir Majorinc wrote:
Is gensym used for anything except alpha-conversion in macros?
I like to link them using properties 'parent and 'kids to form a
lightweight tree, then hang other properties of each gensym/node to form
a dag/database to support interesting algorithms.
That's exactly kind of use I'm interested in. What's advantage over
using lists for trees?
With a property list each value gets a name.
What advantage do gensyms/property-lists have over structs?
Metaprogramming: the data can define new "slots" when the object is a
property list.
Do you have some code to share?
Sorry, proprietary stuff over here. But I think I have already described
how the whole thing works.
kt
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