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1 point by drcode 6104 days ago | link | parent

> 5. You seem to be storing the code added by addtemscaff as lists of expressions. Why not store them in a function? That way we can capture variables into an environment instead of forcing the user to always use globals.

I am planning on adding a command for debugging scaffolds, where the instances of the scaffold are instantiated and pretty-printed to make writing scaffolds less uber-meta. Having functions would prevent this- But you are right that using functions might be the Right Thing. I'll give it some thought.

> 6. The (each v tablist.scaffold ...) could probably be transformed to (ontable k v scaffold ...)

Yes I think you're right. This is definetely "release early, release often" type code, so there's lots of room for improvement.



1 point by almkglor 6104 days ago | link

> a command for debugging scaffolds, where the instances of the scaffold are instantiated and pretty-printed ... Having functions would prevent this

Looks like we should really be solving the correct problem: make function code pretty-printable ^^. Yes, I think I'll solve this using attachments again... ^^ Go attachments! http://arclanguage.com/item?id=3698

Edit: Which reminds me, I haven't actully grokked this scaffolding thing at all yet. I'll be home in maybe 3-4 hours, hopefully I can get the weekend for this, unless I do something stupid, like track down where the girl I'm trying to see is hiding ^^.

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