The author prefers an object-oriented style in
programming generally. In e-lisp, objects are simulated
using lists in which each position has a fixed meaning.
Furthermore, each position in one of these lists has an accessor function that extracts the datum from that position. For example, each description of a field in the record layout is described by a sort of “field definition object” describing the length of the field and its default content.
For example, if such an object is contained in some
e-lisp variable , then the accessor
function F(ibp-field-def-len returns the field length.
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The pseudo-objects used in this application are defined in: