From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stephen Compall Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.devel Subject: Re: keyword cleanup patch Date: 10 Jan 2004 10:18:22 -0600 Sender: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <20040108122518.GA19086@pazuzu> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1073752118 8992 80.91.224.253 (10 Jan 2004 16:28:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2004 16:28:38 +0000 (UTC) Cc: guile-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jan 10 17:28:33 2004 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 1AfLyT-0004vW-00 for ; Sat, 10 Jan 2004 17:28:33 +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 1AfMvQ-0001iV-5b for guile-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 10 Jan 2004 12:29:28 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AfMuJ-0001Oa-0b for guile-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 10 Jan 2004 12:28:19 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AfMtf-0000lv-FW for guile-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 10 Jan 2004 12:28:10 -0500 Original-Received: from [192.195.228.35] (helo=csserver.evansville.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.24) id 1AfMtf-0000lq-1z for guile-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 10 Jan 2004 12:27:39 -0500 Original-Received: from csserver.evansville.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by csserver.evansville.edu (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id i0AGIMlQ001368; Sat, 10 Jan 2004 10:18:22 -0600 Original-Received: (from sc87@localhost) by csserver.evansville.edu (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) id i0AGIMHn001364; Sat, 10 Jan 2004 10:18:22 -0600 X-Authentication-Warning: csserver.evansville.edu: sc87 set sender to s11@member.fsf.org using -f Original-To: Richard Todd In-Reply-To: <20040108122518.GA19086@pazuzu> Original-Lines: 22 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 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:3177 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.lisp.guile.devel:3177 Richard Todd 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 .... -- Stephen Compall or s11 or sirian Your wise men don't know how it feels To be thick as a brick. -- Jethro Tull, "Thick As A Brick" S Key offensive information warfare mailbomb NWO bluebird MILSATCOM asset BLU-114/B cypherpunk PGP Agfa bemd radar Project Monarch Perl-RSA _______________________________________________ Guile-devel mailing list Guile-devel@gnu.org http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guile-devel