On Oct 16, John Cowan wrote:
> Eli Barzilay scripsit:
>
> > [One real problem in saying this: since this is now in a library, it
> > is even more questionable to keep these bullets, because implementing
> > them requires changes to the core implementation.]
>
> Implementing the mutable-pairs library will require changes to the
> core implementation, in the case of an implementation which does not
> support mutable pairs unless the library is included.
Good point, but I should add:
* Mutable pairs are in some sense a smaller change to the core than
implicitly forced values (changing a data type, vs changing an
evaluation rule). (IMO, of course. If GCs are the main thing that
you're interested in, then you'll probably disagree.)
* Mutable pairs come with an extensive description -- even when the
implications are pretty obvious; the implicit force thing (with
implications that are more subtle) is left as a single paragraph
with three bullets, nothing more.
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Received on Mon Oct 16 2006 - 18:14:07 UTC