[Ecls-list] embedding: question regarding data structures?

[Rui Maciel]

Juan Jose Garcia-Ripoll wrote:
> I would say you should not constrain yourself w.r.t to data
> structures

Sorry for asking you this but what does "w.r.t." stand for?


> use whatever is best for your lisp programs. 

I guess that would be native CL data structures. On the other hand I already 
have a working C data structure and it appears that, unlike CL's structures, 
CLOS doesn't offer a way (at least a clean way) to enforce slot types. Could 
that pose some problems when accessing the data contained in CL's data 
structures from C?


> If you want
> you can compile lisp functions, such as structure slot readers or your
> own custom writing functions, to have a C name that gets exported, and
> use them directly from C, if you really need to (it is a
> declaration, but I do not remember it right now).

Sounds interesting. Is there any example that I can take a look?


Thanks for the help,
Rui Maciel