[Bese-devel] Some trivial changes

[Anton Rizov]

On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 4:00 PM, Drew Crampsie <drewc at tech.coop> wrote:

> On 17 May 2010 12:27, Anton Rizov <anton.rizov at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >>
> >> >   So than one could write:
> >> >
> >> >   (in-application (make-instance 'demo-application))
>
>
> What happens when you re-evaluate this form?
>

Absolutely nothing pleasant, or expected I must agree?

But then I'm not sure I understand the purpose of *default-application*

I can write something like:

(defvar *my-application* (make-instance ....))

(setf *default-application* *my-application*)

and then omit :application arg in defentry-point. Is this the recommended
way?
All examples I have seen (not many really) provide explicitly :application
arg,
so I guess the answer is no.

Am I missing something?

It's a small thing, I know, but I'm just curious.

BTW I forgot to to delete *ucw-applications-directory* and *ucw-systems*
from the ucw-core.asd,
so here is an update.

Regards,
Anton


> Cheers,
>
> drewc
>
> >> >
> >> >   (create-server)
> >> >
> >> >   rather than
> >> >
> >> >   (create-server :applications '(*default-application*))
> >>
> >> I prefer the later, as it clearly shows what applications are handled
> >> by what server.
> >>
> >> >   Or maybe changing in-application
> >> >   (pushnew *default-application* *ucw-applications*)
> >>
> >> Another concern I have with 1 line defmacro such as in-application is
> >> that in most cases they don't bring clarity and simplification to the
> >> code; at the contrary, in-application hides that there is a side effect.
> >>
> > I guess you're right. It may be a personal preference but it looks more
> > clear to me to
> > write (in-application some-application) than (setf *default-application*
> > some-application).
> > In addition I assosiate it with in-package macro.
> >
> > So what's the verdict: Export or Remove?
> >
> >
> >> Sincerely.
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >> B. Urban
> >
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Anton
> >
> >
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