From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Bill Schottstaedt" Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.bugs Subject: Re: (< complex) and friends Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:59:28 -0700 Message-ID: <20080918175353.M16756@ccrma.Stanford.EDU> References: <20080811210230.M31889@ccrma.Stanford.EDU> <49dd78620808120218k62cb690aq6251f427fc078a9b@mail.gmail.com> <49dd78620809171437r739ec0cave11d0728165e6292@mail.gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1221760787 19590 80.91.229.12 (18 Sep 2008 17:59:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:59:47 +0000 (UTC) To: bug-guile@gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-guile-bounces+guile-bugs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Sep 18 20:00:43 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: guile-bugs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KgNo3-0001cC-BB for guile-bugs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:00:43 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38112 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KgNn2-0004fB-2k for guile-bugs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:59:40 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KgNmy-0004em-Gc for bug-guile@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:59:36 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KgNmu-0004aH-Je for bug-guile@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:59:35 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=45842 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KgNmu-0004aE-Bp for bug-guile@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:59:32 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp2.stanford.edu ([171.67.20.25]:48726) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KgNmu-0006sb-1K for bug-guile@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:59:32 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp2.stanford.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Postfix) with SMTP id D21F165AC43 for ; Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:59:30 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from cm-mail.stanford.edu (cm-mail.Stanford.EDU [171.64.197.135]) by smtp2.stanford.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEC9565A2B8 for ; Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:59:30 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from ccrma.stanford.edu (ccrma.stanford.edu [171.64.197.141]) by cm-mail.stanford.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m8IHxSeL027297 for ; Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:59:28 -0700 Original-Received: from ccrma.Stanford.EDU (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ccrma.stanford.edu (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.5) with ESMTP id m8IHxSq2011989 for ; Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:59:28 -0700 In-Reply-To: <49dd78620809171437r739ec0cave11d0728165e6292@mail.gmail.com> X-Mailer: Open WebMail 2.41 20040926 X-OriginatingIP: 76.102.156.191 (bil) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.92.1/8280/Thu Sep 18 07:52:56 2008 on cm-mail.stanford.edu X-Virus-Status: Clean X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: bug-guile@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GUILE, GNU's Ubiquitous Extension Language" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-guile-bounces+guile-bugs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-guile-bounces+guile-bugs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.bugs:4001 Archived-At: A couple similar cases: guile> (< 2 1 "hi") #f guile> (* 0 "hi") 0 On the (apply < ...) business, I'd rather get an error than have something broken go by just because "it is prettier". That null list is going to trip you...