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Any comments!? --Marcus From: Bertil Askelid <bertil(a)ioc.net&gt; Sender: owner-xemacs-webmaint(a)xemacs.org To: webmaster(a)xemacs.org Subject: OO Emacs Lisp Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 12:50:37 -0800 Hello! I have spent the last couple of months devloping a browser for a system used to inspect a huge number of source code points based on the result of batch oriented source code analysis system. I have implemented the browser in Emacs Lisp. While doing this, I have realized the need for an object-oriented extension. I have read Ben Wing's excellent discussion on "Architecting XEmacs" (http://www.xemacs.org/Architecting-XEmacs). It is a major undertaking to extend the Lisp Machine with CLOS facilities. And it might not be desirable either to go that way. CLOS is unnecessarily complicated. Until the dust seattles in the battle over where to take Emacs Lisp, I wonder if you are aware of a Emacs Lisp Package that implements the ability to define objects with classes, inheritance, and polymorphism? For my next Emacs Lisp project, I am very tempted to write such a package, unless there is a good one already out there to use. Would there be any interest for such a package? With Kindest Regards Bertil Askelid Synthesoft 6981 East Country Club Lane Anaheim Hills, CA 92807 Phone/Fax: +1 714 281 7655 Email: bertil(a)zeta-soft.com WWW: http://www.zeta-soft.com