From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mp2 ([2001:41d0:2:4a6f::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by ms11 with LMTPS id IEB/B9MFkF9bbQAA0tVLHw (envelope-from ) for ; Wed, 21 Oct 2020 09:56:35 +0000 Received: from aspmx1.migadu.com ([2001:41d0:2:4a6f::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by mp2 with LMTPS id kAI9A9MFkF+dfAAAB5/wlQ (envelope-from ) for ; Wed, 21 Oct 2020 09:56:35 +0000 Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by aspmx1.migadu.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D26449403CA for ; Wed, 21 Oct 2020 09:56:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1]:50444 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kVArB-0002p4-RY for larch@yhetil.org; Wed, 21 Oct 2020 05:56:33 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:37244) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kVAr2-0002og-FY for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Oct 2020 05:56:24 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:45361) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kVAr2-0006HS-6B; Wed, 21 Oct 2020 05:56:24 -0400 Received: from [2a01:e0a:1d:7270:af76:b9b:ca24:c465] (port=43120 helo=ribbon) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1kVAr1-0006cS-6c; Wed, 21 Oct 2020 05:56:23 -0400 From: =?utf-8?Q?Ludovic_Court=C3=A8s?= To: zimoun Subject: Re: Using #true and #false everywhere? References: <875z7a78ww.fsf@gnu.org> <87a6wm5mv5.fsf@gmail.com> <874kmub8e1.fsf@nckx> <875z785n95.fsf@gmail.com> X-URL: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ X-Revolutionary-Date: 30 =?utf-8?Q?Vend=C3=A9miaire?= an 229 de la =?utf-8?Q?R=C3=A9volution?= X-PGP-Key-ID: 0x090B11993D9AEBB5 X-PGP-Key: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ludovic.asc X-PGP-Fingerprint: 3CE4 6455 8A84 FDC6 9DB4 0CFB 090B 1199 3D9A EBB5 X-OS: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2020 11:56:21 +0200 In-Reply-To: (zimoun's message of "Mon, 19 Oct 2020 22:45:53 +0200") Message-ID: <87v9f37vi2.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: guix-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Guix Devel , Maxim Cournoyer Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" X-Scanner: scn0 Authentication-Results: aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=none; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gnu.org; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of guix-devel-bounces@gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=guix-devel-bounces@gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -0.51 X-TUID: 0tDT70bFAwdi Hi, zimoun skribis: > I do not have a strong opinion but I am still perplex if it really > simplifies because all the material around about Scheme and especially > the Guile manual still uses #t/#f and not #true/#false. For example, > > $ guix repl > GNU Guile 3.0.4 > Copyright (C) 1995-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > > Guile comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `,show w'. > This program is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it > under certain conditions; type `,show c' for details. > > Enter `,help' for help. > scheme@(guix-user)> ,use(gnu packages base) > scheme@(guix-user)> (eq? hello coreutils) > $1 =3D #f > > Is it possible to display #false instead? If not, I am not convinced > it is really easier to read #true/#false in the Guix code, then #t/#f > in the REPL or Guile documentation. Currently it=E2=80=99s not possible to tell =E2=80=98write=E2=80=99 to writ= e #true/#false. It would be nice to have a way to enable this, optionally. Ludo=E2=80=99.