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From: Andy Wingo <wingo@pobox.com>
To: Torstein Winterseth <kvikende@fsfe.org>
Cc: bug-guile@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Guile v. 2.0.1 does not handle escaped open parentheses correctly.
Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 23:57:41 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m362pab962.fsf@unquote.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTiksmGhZHr0rNNuygrr7Rsnhea=ghA@mail.gmail.com> (Torstein Winterseth's message of "Wed, 11 May 2011 16:22:28 +0200")

Hi Torstein,

On Wed 11 May 2011 16:22, Torstein Winterseth <kvikende@fsfe.org> writes:

> (define bug
>  '(\())

AFAIU, \ is not actually an escaping marker in R5RS.  The meaning of
your program is not defined by the R5RS, as an initial \ character on a
form is not specified.  Guile treats this the same as:

However...

  $ guile
  scheme@(guile-user)> '\(
  $1 = \
  scheme@(guile-user)> 1
  ... )
  <unnamed port>:0:0: In procedure #<procedure 18d0500 at <current input>:1:0 ()>:
  <unnamed port>:0:0: Wrong type to apply: 1

  Entering a new prompt.  Type `,bt' for a backtrace or `,q' to continue.
  scheme@(guile-user) [1]> 

Not sure why it decided that it should display a prompt after the first
case; probably a bug somewhere...

But, your assumption is not correct, so this is not a bug, AFAIK.  R6RS
does specify an escaping syntax, however, though it is not the one you
are assuming.

Regards,

Andy
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  reply	other threads:[~2011-05-16 21:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-05-11 14:22 Guile v. 2.0.1 does not handle escaped open parentheses correctly Torstein Winterseth
2011-05-16 21:57 ` Andy Wingo [this message]
2011-06-11 17:23 ` Ian Price

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