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Re: COPY-INSTANCE ?
- To: Sean.Engelson@SPICE.CS.CMU.EDU
- Subject: Re: COPY-INSTANCE ?
- From: Danny Bobrow <Bobrow.pa@Xerox.COM>
- Date: 1 Sep 87 09:22 PDT
- Cc: commonloops.pa@Xerox.COM
- In-reply-to: Sean.Engelson@SPICE.CS.CMU.EDU's message of 1 Sep 87 11:45 EDT
- Sender: Bobrow.pa@Xerox.COM
Because it is unclear what to do with respect to recursion (they are
many "right choices") no standard facility for copying is available in
PCL. The important issues are:
Should values be copied or shared?
If copied, should ciruclarities be maintained?
If not, should their be a depth limit.
danny