Kilobyte Constants, a Simple and Beautiful Idea that Hasn't Caught On http://t.co/ouw7CvWnM4 (I suppose reader macros can provide this too)
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The Ruby on Rails guides use "please" when suggesting other resource to read or best practices to follow. For example: https://guides.rubyonrails.org/autoloading_and_reloading_constants.html
I've not seen this docs convention before. I certainly see the appeal for describing best practices: "your collaborators will appreciate it!"
Imagine we JIT compiled syscall handlers in the kernel, based on runtime facts about known constants: https://blog.regehr.org/archives/1676
An interesting idea that's little explored since Alexia Massalin's phD. Arguably unikernels have some similarities, but compiler tech is more mature now.
Blogged: Suggest.el: Synthesising Constants