[climacs-devel] update-syntax and delegating buffers

[Christophe Rhodes]

Robert Strandh <strandh at labri.fr> writes:

>  > Is there a reason for this surrounding method?  Is it simply to save a
>  > generic function call per buffer operation?  Should I not be
>  > attempting to find the name of a buffer from within UPDATE-SYNTAX?
>
> This exact problem is discussed in the context of CLIM encapsulating
> streams, section C.1.2.  Perhaps the solution to our problem is
> similar to that suggested there. 

It could be, I think, but even then update-syntax is not part of the
buffer protocol, so I don't think that it should provide a
'trampoline' method.

Cheers,

Christophe