From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Marius Vollmer Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.devel Subject: Re: New syntax: (: MODULE-NAME VARIABLE-NAME) Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 21:36:50 +0100 Sender: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <874qx4oxst.fsf@zagadka.ping.de> References: <87brrgw32m.fsf@zagadka.ping.de> <873ccsugrz.fsf@zagadka.ping.de> <874qx5slpw.fsf@zagadka.ping.de> <871xs8qkxz.fsf@zagadka.ping.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1069015129 5204 80.91.224.253 (16 Nov 2003 20:38:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 20:38:49 +0000 (UTC) Cc: guile-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 16 21:38:46 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1ALTfS-0008SZ-00 for ; Sun, 16 Nov 2003 21:38:46 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1ALUce-0005lY-Ma for guile-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 16 Nov 2003 16:39:56 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1ALUba-0005X6-TZ for guile-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Nov 2003 16:38:50 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1ALUb4-0005LJ-Cz for guile-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Nov 2003 16:38:49 -0500 Original-Received: from [195.253.8.218] (helo=mail.dokom.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1ALUb3-0005L4-Sq for guile-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Nov 2003 16:38:18 -0500 Original-Received: from dialin.speedway15.dip140.dokom.de ([195.253.15.140] helo=zagadka.ping.de) by mail.dokom.net with smtp (Exim 3.36 #3) id 1ALTgN-0007KX-00 for guile-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Nov 2003 21:39:44 +0100 Original-Received: (qmail 15744 invoked by uid 1000); 16 Nov 2003 20:36:50 -0000 Original-To: Neil Jerram In-Reply-To: (Neil Jerram's message of "16 Nov 2003 18:38:24 +0000") User-Agent: Gnus/5.1002 (Gnus v5.10.2) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: guile-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 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 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.devel:3036 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.lisp.guile.devel:3036 Neil Jerram writes: > I just noticed, though, that there are some other symbols (than :) > available that don't have other meanings and which could be understood > as relevant to a module lookup: Yes, for some reason, I was fixated on ':' and didn't seriously think about alternatives. > (@ MOD-NAME VAR-NAME) > Seems quite good, with @ meaning `at' as in `in the specified module'. Yes, I like this one best, too. We could use '@' for exported bindings and '@@' for internal ones. > (. MOD-NAME VAR-NAME) > Intuitively very similar to : IMO, but without the keyword issues. > However, (i) some people might want `.' for the mathematical dot > (scalar) product; (ii) Guile currently seems confused about whether > `.' is a symbol: The dot '.' is a syntactic element when writing and reading improper lists: guile> (cons 'a 'b) (a . b) It can't really be used as a symbol. > Of these, I like @ the most. Yep. -- GPG: D5D4E405 - 2F9B BCCC 8527 692A 04E3 331E FAF8 226A D5D4 E405 _______________________________________________ Guile-devel mailing list Guile-devel@gnu.org http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guile-devel