Re: global-handler

[Sam S. <sd...@gn...>]

> * Bruno Haible <oe...@py...t> [2005-03-29 20:10:26 +0200]:
>
>> (hmm, actually, *global-handlers* has to be a list, not a hash table, to
>> accommodate the hierarchical nature of condition types)
>
> It's more complicated than that: There is multiple inheritance among
> the condition types.
>
> So, the appropriate data structure is likely a generic function, on which
> set-global-handler acts through add-method.

simple vector is what is used for handler frames (sequential search with
SAFE-TYPEP as the TEST), and I think consistency requires that we use a
sequence for global handlers too.

note that removing global handlers is also necessary.

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