[CM] clm-random error and "double-float"

cristopher pierson ewing cewing@u.washington.edu
Wed, 11 Jan 2006 13:58:20 -0800 (PST)


Rick,

Might it be best to rename them with something that prepends 'rand' onto a 
name so that there is some pnemonic indication that they are random?

Just an idea,

Cris

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On Tue, 10 Jan 2006, Rick Taube wrote:

>> There must be a way to make CLM's use of random compatible with CM's,
>> but I haven't taken time to look into it (I'm trying to get Snd 7.18 out 
>> the door).
>
>
> Im sorry, i simply dropped the ball!  i do rememebr i was going to rename the 
> random  and funcall pattern to names that do not conflit with CLTL. i think i 
> narrowed new candiate names down to these:
>
> 1 change 'funcall' to 'thunk' :
>
>    (new thunk :of (lambda () ...)
>
> 2 change 'random' to 'weighting' :
>
> 	(new weighting :of  '( a b (c :weight 3) d e))
>
>
> does anyone object to these new names (or have better candiates)?  if not ill 
> rename them in the next few days.
>
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