Re: guile-gnome changes

[Andreas Rottmann]

Andy Wingo <address@hidden> writes:

> A brief note of changes in CVS:
>
> * You can define new enums and flags types by subclassing <genum> or 
>   <gflags>.
>
>   (define-class <foo-enum> (<genum>)
>     #:vtable #((one "One" 1) (two "Two" 2)))
>
Nice!

> * Documentation for guile-gnome is now done in texinfo. I haven't tried 
>   making info files yet, I just use a script to make the docs in
>   http://ambient.2y.net/tmp/guile-gnome/docs/tutorial/. Info sucks ;)
>
Well, I like it, since it nicely integrates into Emacs ;-)

> * You can pass either <gtype> or <gtype-class> instances to make a 
>   closure. Together with the enum fixes, this pretty much banishes the 
>   need for GType from the non-primitive API. Some work needs to happen 
>   on signals to finish this out.
>
> Interpreted languages don't need types and classes; the classes are the
> types. This realization could lead to a rethinking of our confused
> primitives/nonprimitives distinction. Dunno, though.
>
Yes, I always wondered what is so primitive about our primitives
;-). Do you know the rationale between the distinction? I never quite
got it.

Cheers, Rotty
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