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: Tue, 28 Feb 2017 15:50:40 +0100 Message-ID: <87y3wql67z.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> <87h9awq04z.fsf@pobox.com> 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 1488295149 18867 195.159.176.226 (28 Feb 2017 15:19:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2017 15:19:09 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1 (gnu/linux) Cc: 22601@debbugs.gnu.org To: Matt Wette Original-X-From: bug-guile-bounces+guile-bugs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Feb 28 16:19:03 2017 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 1cijYE-0003dZ-J4 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=Pf7INY EMWADcnmJXfiuZl61fLfTVh311DGGqLfRsvp46EIy/MzJWPsQ/bi7gai7K5qXPjW MFViOMTfqEN8wjH4e3L5na/Umprj1/+rv7Vxo2jNvR6lNTvReclTfvTdek+CaIF0 x/2fwEJd7xfFw3I7oWzcgW6Bh0kBlrgQAr2ok= Original-Received: from pb-sasl2.nyi.icgroup.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-sasl2.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6874A5F3FB; Tue, 28 Feb 2017 09:50:49 -0500 (EST) 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-sasl2.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 6D5105F3F9; Tue, 28 Feb 2017 09:50:48 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <87h9awq04z.fsf@pobox.com> (Andy Wingo's message of "Sun, 07 Aug 2016 13:38:52 +0200") X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 4ACF6FC0-FDC5-11E6-A57C-6141F2301B6D-02397024!pb-sasl2.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:8588 Archived-At: On Sun 07 Aug 2016 13:38, Andy Wingo writes: > 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 = is in >> code-case and a string literal is described by =E2=80=9Cstring=E2=80=9D = in 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 :) Ping :) Cheers, Andy