Re: GOOPS functional setter

[tomas]

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On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 01:09:57PM -0600, Christopher Allan Webber wrote:
> I guess I never sent this to this list.  Here's a functional setter for
> GOOPS classes.
> 
> Maybe nobody else would use it, but I've used it in a couple of projects
> now, so figure I might as well share.
> 
> This is LGPLv3+.  Feel free to use.
> 
> ==================================================
> 
> ;; By Christopher Allan Webber, LGPLv3+; adapted from shallow-clone in GOOPS
> (use-modules (oop goops))
> 
> (define-method (slot-fset (self <object>) slot-name value)
>   "Return a new copy of SELF, with all slots preserved except SLOT-NAME
> set to VALUE."

(from the peanut gallery)

I understand now what it does, but the name "slot-fset" would confuse the heck
of me. Why not something like "clone" or perhaps "clone*"?

regards
- -- tomás
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