From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andy Wingo Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.devel Subject: Re: TODO list for Guile R7RS support Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:46:45 +0100 Message-ID: <874nuipmm2.fsf@pobox.com> References: <87vcngvbif.fsf@netris.org> <87k43uhegn.fsf@gnu.org> <871upzpqdd.fsf@gnu.org> <878vk7lzoy.fsf@gnu.org> <87y5s27am2.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1329947220 28595 80.91.229.3 (22 Feb 2012 21:47:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:47:00 +0000 (UTC) Cc: guile-devel@gnu.org To: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) Original-X-From: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Feb 22 22:46:59 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: guile-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1S0K1b-000636-Ao for guile-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:46:59 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33907 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S0K1a-0005G8-RD for guile-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:46:58 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:35543) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S0K1W-0005Et-Dr for guile-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:46:56 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S0K1T-0005iU-U8 for guile-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:46:53 -0500 Original-Received: from a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com ([74.115.168.62]:37783 helo=sasl.smtp.pobox.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S0K1T-0005hz-E4; Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:46:51 -0500 Original-Received: from sasl.smtp.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75C6C8FD8; Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:46:50 -0500 (EST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s=sasl; bh=j/lIS0fwhvbp EgK2v/gPw5rTZA4=; b=LM6tt4p/vjoAk9xgo4ru0fHjQQ9aD1pFvZk5ZNLCmhDf x6+SurtrZO+n6L+BuosRbItqkprZF27I95T3WnHMNxIYwW4VrX13mzPstRfGmiSl unzek65aasId6y+Y1XOv3cZTouCciadODHjfCZA701U9OId4NXTKYtLKH7D4RRc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; 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=HpNllo BwunLOg1k0nzmp04c7L0PJl6lP8fomt7O4ulgBPN6Twuc4ECa5SlPqojv90gkY7P w7iM/8hMUlDMvCvlycPd8h+Xfh6OZ4sK/19ZsaMD334uJvKzySJ/wiaS9I3RSTnb DbJCZnOzWfFrd3iHDXTrCirFoixrfHzfWCtnQ= Original-Received: from a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F2E38FD7; Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:46:50 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from badger (unknown [90.164.198.39]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id AF6468FD6; Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:46:49 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <87y5s27am2.fsf@gnu.org> ("Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s=22'?= =?utf-8?Q?s?= message of "Thu, 16 Feb 2012 22:05:09 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.3 (gnu/linux) X-Pobox-Relay-ID: B9ADFB18-5D9E-11E1-A9AA-65B1DE995924-02397024!a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (beta) X-Received-From: 74.115.168.62 X-BeenThere: guile-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Developers list for Guile, the GNU extensibility library" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.devel:13926 Archived-At: Hi, On Thu 16 Feb 2012 22:05, ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Court=C3=A8s) writes: > I=E2=80=99m actually arguing that these feature symbols are largely usele= ss, for > they cannot be rigorously specified and would almost certainly lead to > misuses. I very much agree. I think that the R7RS should specify no features that relate to operating systems. Andy --=20 http://wingolog.org/