From: Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
To: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
Cc: guile-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Syntax for symbols is more permissive than R6RS
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:26:09 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <873abtj126.fsf@arudy.ossau.uklinux.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <874owexea0.fsf@gnu.org> ("Ludovic Courtès"'s message of "Fri\, 24 Apr 2009 17\:27\:51 +0200")
ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes:
> I would be inclined to not change the reader's default behavior, i.e.,
> to remain at least as permissive as in 1.8, so as to not cause
> gratuitous incompatibility (we could even add unit tests to make sure we
> don't remove them inadvertently.)
>
> However, it may be a good idea to have a reader option asking for
> strict(er) conformance.
I agree. I'd prefer to leave the permissiveness intact until we have
a specific reason to change particular cases.
Regards,
Neil
prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-04-27 20:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-04-24 7:27 Syntax for symbols is more permissive than R6RS Mike Gran
2009-04-24 15:27 ` Ludovic Courtès
2009-04-27 20:26 ` Neil Jerram [this message]
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