Re: opaque data types [revise and resend]

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Re: opaque data types [revise and resend]

From:	Ted Zlatanov
Subject:	Re: opaque data types [revise and resend]
Date:	Mon, 10 Jun 2013 00:00:32 -0400
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On Sat, 08 Jun 2013 15:28:00 +0900 "Stephen J. Turnbull" <address@hidden> 
wrote: 

SJT> So it's a question of how you balance the needs.  I'm certainly not
SJT> recommending use of Java over Lisp!  However, there are some common
SJT> structures like mappings that are well-served by opaque data types,
SJT> and some specialized ones like characters (!) and keymaps where Emacs
SJT> implementers are well-served.

I agree :) In fact my other post in this thread is (again) defending an
opaque data type for password data.

Ted

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