Does it really reduce code size to wrap the function instead of explicitly cast? I've always believed that casts are mostly a compiler artifact coming from static typing, didn't usually generate complex code for runtime...
Thanks for your comments,
Álvaro
2012/2/6 Marc Feeley feeley@iro.umontreal.ca
On 2012-02-06, at 9:59 AM, Álvaro Castro-Castilla wrote:
Thank you Marc. Those are all better solutions than my wrapper function.
Best regards
Álvaro
Actually, using a wrapper function is a good idea to reduce code size. Its intricacies can be hidden in a macro which generates the appropriate Scheme and C code. I've written something like this in the past and even posted an example to the Gambit mailing list (unfortunately my mail system's search function is broken right now so I can't find the message).
Marc