<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Attila,<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>(I think that) This sounds like a very interesting idea. I'd like to hack it up myself but time is running away from me so I have doubts that I'll get to it. Please keep me in the loop.</DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Oct 7, 2006, at 5:42 AM, Attila Lendvai wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><BR>Pascal, here's another good use of contextl:<BR><BR><A href="http://common-lisp.net/pipermail/metacopy-devel/2006-October/thread.html#0">http://common-lisp.net/pipermail/metacopy-devel/2006-October/thread.html#0</A><BR> <BR>only 3 mails, but in summary: there's a generic copy-thing protocol which is a one-fits-all copy protocol. but one could easily build some macrology on top of it for customized copy protocols that are the extension/customizations of the generic copy-thing protocol and/or other copy protocols. besides the usefulness i think this could be a very good demonstration of contextl. we need this, so i'll either work on metacopy to integrate with contextl (not likely, unless i find a way to integrate metacopy and contextl so that the contextl dependency is optional) or create a standalone metacopy-like package that depends on contextl. <BR><BR>hoping you find this interesting,<BR clear="all"><BR>-- <BR>- attila<BR><BR>"- The truth is that I've been too considerate, and so became unintentionally cruel...<BR> - I understand.<BR> - No, you don't understand! We don't speak the same language!" <BR>(Ingmar Bergman - Smultronstället)<DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">metacopy-devel mailing list</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="mailto:metacopy-devel@common-lisp.net">metacopy-devel@common-lisp.net</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="http://common-lisp.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/metacopy-devel">http://common-lisp.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/metacopy-devel</A></DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV>--</DIV><DIV>Gary Warren King, metabang.com </DIV><DIV>Cell: (413) 885 9127</DIV><DIV>Fax: (206) 338-4052</DIV></SPAN><DIV>gwkkwg on Skype * garethsan on AIM</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV></SPAN><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN> </DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>