actors: Define "<-" type aliases for send-message and friends.

[8sync.git] / 8sync / systems / actors.scm

diff --git a/8sync/systems/actors.scm b/8sync/systems/actors.scm
index 7e8d9576033587cff78537d956964cf2ff7e48bb..fb170bc45a1af34c86d557240da60cb7d22925af 100644 (file)
--- a/8sync/systems/actors.scm
+++ b/8sync/systems/actors.scm
@@ -71,8 +71,10 @@
             send-message send-message-wait
             reply-message reply-message-wait
 
+            <- <-wait <-reply <-reply-wait
+
             ez-run-hive
-            hive-bootstrap-message
+            bootstrap-message
 
             serialize-message write-message
             serialize-message-pretty pprint-message
@@ -246,6 +248,16 @@ If key not found and DFLT not provided, throw an error."
     (abort-to-prompt abort-to from-actor new-message)))
 
 
+;;; Aliases!
+;;; See: http://mumble.net/~jar/articles/oo-moon-weinreb.html
+;;;   (also worth seeing: http://mumble.net/~jar/articles/oo.html )
+
+(define <- send-message)
+(define <-wait send-message-wait)
+(define <-reply reply-message)
+(define <-reply-wait reply-message-wait)
+
+
 \f
 ;;; Main actor implementation
 ;;; =========================
@@ -620,7 +632,7 @@ an integer."
       (spawn-and-queue-repl-server! agenda)))
     (start-agenda agenda)))
 
-(define (hive-bootstrap-message hive to-id action . message-body-args)
+(define (bootstrap-message hive to-id action . message-body-args)
   (wrap
    (apply send-message hive to-id action message-body-args)))