From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Mikael Djurfeldt Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.devel Subject: Re: New syntax: (: MODULE-NAME VARIABLE-NAME) Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 21:00:32 -0500 Sender: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <87brrgw32m.fsf@zagadka.ping.de> <878ymhsm54.fsf@zagadka.ping.de> Reply-To: djurfeldt@nada.kth.se NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1069034916 20595 80.91.224.253 (17 Nov 2003 02:08:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 02:08:36 +0000 (UTC) Cc: djurfeldt@nada.kth.se, guile-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 17 03:08:31 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 1ALYoZ-0005Fa-00 for ; Mon, 17 Nov 2003 03:08:31 +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 1ALZh7-0004Oi-AO for guile-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 16 Nov 2003 22:04:53 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1ALZfK-0003rW-41 for guile-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Nov 2003 22:03:02 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1ALZen-0003jC-6E for guile-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Nov 2003 22:03:01 -0500 Original-Received: from [213.212.20.77] (helo=kvast.blakulla.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1ALZem-0003ib-Rb for guile-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Nov 2003 22:02:29 -0500 Original-Received: from 209-150-45-158.c3-0.lex-ubr2.sbo-lex.ma.cable.rcn.com ([209.150.45.158] helo=witch) by kvast.blakulla.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1ALYgr-0008II-00; Mon, 17 Nov 2003 03:00:33 +0100 Original-Received: from mdj by witch with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1ALYgq-0000ff-00; Sun, 16 Nov 2003 21:00:32 -0500 Original-To: Marius Vollmer In-Reply-To: <878ymhsm54.fsf@zagadka.ping.de> (Marius Vollmer's message of "Sat, 15 Nov 2003 16:10:31 +0100") 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:3037 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.lisp.guile.devel:3037 Marius Vollmer writes: > Mikael Djurfeldt writes: > >> Marius Vollmer writes: >> >>> what about making the changes below? The only unclean thing is that >>> we would need to change the interpretation of a single ':'. >> >> But isn't that pretty darn unclean? It changes the lexical structure >> of the language. > > Hmm, yes and no. With the change, ':' remains a variable identifier > and the new syntax is actually a macro: OK, I see. For some reason I thought this would be done on the reader level (maybe because of the discussion we've had about the syntax to use for foreign identifiers in macro output (in the memoizer)). >> I vote for using some syntax which is compatible with R5RS and would >> urge you strongly to at least keep the possibility to be compatible >> (=> new option controlling the interpretation of colon). > > Given that the syntax is compatible, do you think we still need an > option for making (keyword ':) true again? Unfortunately, I don't have time now to think that through. I guess it does feel a bit awkward that we remove the read syntax for empty keywords is removed this way, but I think I shouldn't meddle further in this issue. :) Best regards, Mikael _______________________________________________ Guile-devel mailing list Guile-devel@gnu.org http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guile-devel