Re: [webkit-dev] When should I use AtomicString vs String?

2013-06-01 Thread Darin Adler
On May 31, 2013, at 8:01 PM, Glenn Adams gl...@skynav.com wrote: One thing that always threw me was the term Atomic in the class name. I wonder if the term InternedString would make it usage more apparent. I personally love the name AtomicString (the string of tomorrow) and have been using

Re: [webkit-dev] When should I use AtomicString vs String?

2013-06-01 Thread Maciej Stachowiak
On Jun 1, 2013, at 3:58 PM, Darin Adler da...@apple.com wrote: On May 31, 2013, at 8:01 PM, Glenn Adams gl...@skynav.com wrote: One thing that always threw me was the term Atomic in the class name. I wonder if the term InternedString would make it usage more apparent. I personally love

Re: [webkit-dev] When should I use AtomicString vs String?

2013-06-01 Thread Ryosuke Niwa
On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 4:45 PM, Maciej Stachowiak m...@apple.com wrote: On Jun 1, 2013, at 3:58 PM, Darin Adler da...@apple.com wrote: On May 31, 2013, at 8:01 PM, Glenn Adams gl...@skynav.com wrote: One thing that always threw me was the term Atomic in the class name. I wonder if the term

Re: [webkit-dev] When should I use AtomicString vs String?

2013-06-01 Thread Glenn Adams
You guys obviously never wrote any Lisp code. http://books.google.com/books?id=FYoOIWuoXUIClpg=PA267ots=ioaahFTKT0dq=intern%20special%20form%20maclisppg=PA266#v=onepageq=intern%20special%20form%20maclispf=false On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 6:01 PM, Ryosuke Niwa rn...@webkit.org wrote: On Sat, Jun

Re: [webkit-dev] When should I use AtomicString vs String?

2013-06-01 Thread Darin Adler
On Jun 1, 2013, at 8:54 PM, Glenn Adams gl...@skynav.com wrote: You guys obviously never wrote any Lisp code. Lets not play this game. When I met Maciej he was the maintainer of one of the most popular Scheme implementations, if I remember correctly. -- Darin

Re: [webkit-dev] When should I use AtomicString vs String?

2013-06-01 Thread Glenn Adams
On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 9:56 PM, Darin Adler da...@apple.com wrote: On Jun 1, 2013, at 8:54 PM, Glenn Adams gl...@skynav.com wrote: You guys obviously never wrote any Lisp code. Lets not play this game. When I met Maciej he was the maintainer of one of the most popular Scheme

Re: [webkit-dev] When should I use AtomicString vs String?

2013-06-01 Thread Simon Fraser
Gecko simply calls these “Atoms”. StringAtom? AtomString? Simon On Jun 1, 2013, at 9:09 PM, Glenn Adams gl...@skynav.com wrote: On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 9:56 PM, Darin Adler da...@apple.com wrote: On Jun 1, 2013, at 8:54 PM, Glenn Adams gl...@skynav.com wrote: You guys obviously never

Re: [webkit-dev] When should I use AtomicString vs String?

2013-06-01 Thread Ryosuke Niwa
On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 9:09 PM, Glenn Adams gl...@skynav.com wrote: On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 9:56 PM, Darin Adler da...@apple.com wrote: On Jun 1, 2013, at 8:54 PM, Glenn Adams gl...@skynav.com wrote: You guys obviously never wrote any Lisp code. Lets not play this game. When I met Maciej