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 9009d301470a1c9872fd32cfe306b5f1b1b1653d..fb170bc45a1af34c86d557240da60cb7d22925af 100644 (file)
--- a/8sync/systems/actors.scm
+++ b/8sync/systems/actors.scm
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@
             send-message send-message-wait
             reply-message reply-message-wait
 
+            <- <-wait <-reply <-reply-wait
+
             ez-run-hive
             bootstrap-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
 ;;; =========================