User-Extensible Sequences in Common Lisp
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Rhodes, Christophe. 2007. 'User-Extensible Sequences in Common Lisp'. In: International Lisp Conference. Cambridge, United Kingdom. [Conference or Workshop Item]
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Common Lisp is often touted as the programmable programming language, yet it sometimes places large barriers in the way, with the best of intentions. One of those barriers is a limit to the extensibility by the user of certain core language constructs, such as the ability to define subclasses of built in classes usable with standard functions: even where this could be achievable with minimal penalties. We introduce the notion of user-extensible sequences, describing a protocol which implementations of such classes should follow. We show examples of their use, and discuss the issues observed in providing support for this protocol in a Common Lisp, including ensuring that there is no performance impact from its inclusion.
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Cambridge, United Kingdom |
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12 Mar 2014 14:50 |
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