From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Olivier Dion Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.devel Subject: Re: The Guile junk drawer and a C plea (was: [PATCH] Add nondestructive delq1, delv1, and delete1.) Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2024 22:25:44 -0400 Message-ID: <87h6co21qv.fsf@laura> References: <20240629002027.13853-1-richard@freakingpenguin.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="11852"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: Richard Sent , guile-devel , Mikael Djurfeldt To: Mikael Djurfeldt , "Thompson, David" Original-X-From: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Jul 17 04:26:22 2024 Return-path: Envelope-to: guile-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1sTuN3-0002qw-JP for guile-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 17 Jul 2024 04:26:21 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sTuMm-0001Lo-VY; Tue, 16 Jul 2024 22:26:05 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sTuMm-0001Fr-55 for guile-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Jul 2024 22:26:04 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp.polymtl.ca ([132.207.4.11]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sTuMk-0001ge-62 for guile-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Jul 2024 22:26:03 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([209.209.33.245]) by smtp.polymtl.ca (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id 46H2PiYF012584; Tue, 16 Jul 2024 22:25:49 -0400 DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 smtp.polymtl.ca 46H2PiYF012584 In-Reply-To: X-Poly-FromMTA: ([209.209.33.245]) at Wed, 17 Jul 2024 02:25:44 +0000 Received-SPF: pass client-ip=132.207.4.11; envelope-from=olivier.dion@polymtl.ca; helo=smtp.polymtl.ca X-Spam_score_int: -41 X-Spam_score: -4.2 X-Spam_bar: ---- X-Spam_report: (-4.2 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: guile-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.lisp.guile.devel:22573 Archived-At: On Sat, 29 Jun 2024, Mikael Djurfeldt wrote: [...] > As has been spoken about here previously, I suggest that we > design a new module hierarchy, introduce aliases for module bindings, and > still supply the old module hierarchy during a few years for backward > compatibility. In the name of discoverability for new users, this must be done. Aliasing (ice-9 *) to (guile *) for avoiding the "what's that none standard ice-9 library?". Also (srfi srfi-N) with something meaninful for humans that don't want to lookup srfi.schemers.org or keep a cheatsheet on their desk. e.g., (srfi srfi-1) => (srfi list) or something like that. [...] -- Olivier Dion oldiob.ca