From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Andy Wingo Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.bugs Subject: bug#22601: guile.texi section on ice-9 match Date: Sun, 07 Aug 2016 13:38:52 +0200 Message-ID: <87h9awq04z.fsf@pobox.com> References: <87twlno63d.fsf@gnu.org> <877figyxb2.fsf@dustycloud.org> <87si13k4nn.fsf@gnu.org> <87twljxbuq.fsf@dustycloud.org> <87io1zueog.fsf@gnu.org> <6D066C02-3ABF-41C4-BB8A-113A4A6086BA@verizon.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1470570124 8224 195.159.176.226 (7 Aug 2016 11:42:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2016 11:42:04 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (gnu/linux) Cc: 22601@debbugs.gnu.org To: Matt Wette Original-X-From: bug-guile-bounces+guile-bugs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Aug 07 13:42:00 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: guile-bugs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bWMSf-0001kq-0A for guile-bugs@m.gmane.org; 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c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=sasl; b=oiTwro k97mRUJe3WvtQj6wJhrRRWsqxluzuoGnm2+IHfqwK8V04c+Au0zycdU6+l+1xHN7 Xhc/nfXD6H4kUCBxvts0sqLLzweeuwQFYZMeAG81mloSq1qUu1N0FvKySppAb54u o1Us/H+Cx2SAdsrwdr53OEg/GbBORU52i4z+Q= Original-Received: from pb-sasl1.nyi.icgroup.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-sasl1.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D0CC2D0B4; Sun, 7 Aug 2016 07:39:00 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from clucks (unknown [88.160.190.192]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pb-sasl1.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 5C9DE2D0B3; Sun, 7 Aug 2016 07:38:59 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <6D066C02-3ABF-41C4-BB8A-113A4A6086BA@verizon.net> (Matt Wette's message of "Mon, 08 Feb 2016 13:04:20 -0800") X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 883AC1B2-5C93-11E6-83E4-C1836462E9F6-02397024!pb-sasl1.pobox.com X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-guile@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GUILE, GNU's Ubiquitous Extension Language" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guile-bounces+guile-bugs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-guile" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.bugs:8345 Archived-At: On Mon 08 Feb 2016 22:04, Matt Wette writes: > One problem I have with the ref=E2=80=99 manual is the section on (ice-9 > match). The grammar has terms like =E2=80=9Cstring=E2=80=9D where I don= =E2=80=99t know if > this means the literal term =E2=80=9Cstring=E2=80=9D or a string literal.= It would be > nicer to have a grammar where the literal term =E2=80=9Cstring=E2=80=9D i= s in > code-case and a string literal is described by =E2=80=9Cstring=E2=80=9D i= n italics. I > have worked on rewriting the match match grammar as @example and as > @table. > > Does either of these look better to you? See the PDF attached. I am > willing to complete the whole mess in another format, but I need to > know which one is preferred, if any, and someone has to verify that > the new grammar specification is accurate. Would you mind attaching a .texi diff? I am having trouble getting context here. Thanks :) Andy