[m-dev.] Re: Documentation of support for polymorphic pragma c code

Thomas Charles CONWAY conway at cs.mu.OZ.AU
Thu Jan 15 09:37:42 AEDT 1998


> On 14-Jan-1998, Oliver Hutchison <ohutch at students.cs.mu.oz.au> wrote:
> > So I guess we will continue with the status quo.
> 
> I'm still undecided ;-)
> 
> Quick poll: now that we've explored the options a bit, who prefers what? 
> Which of the following do you think would be the most elegant design?
> 
> 	1. using `TypeInfo_for_T'	(implementation status quo)
> 	2. using `type_of(Var)'		(documentation status quo)
> 	3. using `MR_TYPE_INFO(Var)	(Peter Schachte's suggestion)

Can we use a preferential voting system?

I think 2 is the most maintainable, though 1 is useful.

Thomas



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