From: Stephen Compall <s11@member.fsf.org>
Cc: guile-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: keyword cleanup patch
Date: 10 Jan 2004 10:18:22 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xfyr7y73hgx.fsf@csserver.evansville.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040108122518.GA19086@pazuzu>
Richard Todd <richardt@vzavenue.net> writes:
> Why are both syntaxes allowed in this one area, anyway? I assume
> it's a historical reason? It's inconsistent with the rest of guile
> (AFAIK) where you have to set a reader option for this behavior.
On the syntax: Emacs Lisp uses plain `:' for keywords; other lisps may
do so as well. Incidentally, `#:' in front of a symbol in elisp will
prevent its interning. :)
If you're asking why the reader option is on by default ....
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-01-10 16:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-01-08 12:25 keyword cleanup patch Richard Todd
2004-01-10 12:48 ` Neil Jerram
2004-01-12 17:31 ` Marius Vollmer
2004-01-10 16:18 ` Stephen Compall [this message]
2004-01-11 0:53 ` Richard Todd
2004-01-12 16:59 ` Marius Vollmer
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