[plt-scheme] Field names in the class system

But doesn't that make the field public? Is there any way to do it
without making the field public?

On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 10:18 AM, Matthias Felleisen<matthias at ccs.neu.edu> wrote:
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> Use init-field.
>
> On Aug 1, 2009, at 9:59 AM, Todd O'Bryan wrote:
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>> How do I get the names I use when passing in values with new to match
>> the internal field names?
>>
>> In other words, I'd like to be able to do
>>
>> (new foo% [name "blah"])
>>
>> and then assign the field name the value "blah" inside the class.
>>
>> My first attempt was:
>>
>> (define foo%
>>  (class object%
>>    (init name)
>>
>>    (super-new)
>>
>>    (define name name)))   ; doesn't work because name is already defined
>>
>> I tried using the maybe-renamed construct, but the name is backwards
>> from what I expected:
>>
>> (define foo%
>>  (class object%
>>    (init (field-name name))
>>    ...)
>>
>> means that I have to do (new foo% [field-name "blah"]), rather than
>> [name "blah"].
>>
>> I'm sure I'm just missing something obvious...
>>
>> Todd
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