From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mp1 ([2001:41d0:2:4a6f::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by ms11 with LMTPS id CJYpGoPejl9hVQAA0tVLHw (envelope-from ) for ; Tue, 20 Oct 2020 12:56:35 +0000 Received: from aspmx1.migadu.com ([2001:41d0:2:4a6f::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by mp1 with LMTPS id 4MEfFoPejl/TBAAAbx9fmQ (envelope-from ) for ; Tue, 20 Oct 2020 12:56:35 +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 316AC940215 for ; Tue, 20 Oct 2020 12:56:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1]:55152 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kUrBq-0004gA-6H for larch@yhetil.org; Tue, 20 Oct 2020 08:56:34 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:45092) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kUrBP-0004eu-AN for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Oct 2020 08:56:07 -0400 Received: from hera.aquilenet.fr ([185.233.100.1]:43504) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kUrBL-0004YI-Si; Tue, 20 Oct 2020 08:56:06 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hera.aquilenet.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 905371B1; Tue, 20 Oct 2020 14:56:00 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at aquilenet.fr Received: from hera.aquilenet.fr ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (hera.aquilenet.fr [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id n1FQo4c46NqJ; Tue, 20 Oct 2020 14:56:00 +0200 (CEST) Received: from jurong (p549222ed.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [84.146.34.237]) by hera.aquilenet.fr (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A2407197; Tue, 20 Oct 2020 14:55:59 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2020 14:55:57 +0200 From: Andreas Enge To: zimoun Subject: Re: Using #true and #false everywhere? Message-ID: <20201020125557.GA12245@jurong> References: <875z7a78ww.fsf@gnu.org> <20201020103244.GB6805@jurong> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Received-SPF: neutral client-ip=185.233.100.1; envelope-from=andreas@enge.fr; helo=hera.aquilenet.fr X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: First seen = 2020/10/20 08:56:01 X-ACL-Warn: Detected OS = Linux 3.11 and newer [fuzzy] X-Spam_score_int: -10 X-Spam_score: -1.1 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_NEUTRAL=0.779 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action 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 Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" X-Scanner: scn0 Authentication-Results: aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=none; dmarc=none; 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: 0.49 X-TUID: d/zMEW8FIYZD Hello, On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 02:45:54PM +0200, zimoun wrote: > You are playing the devil's lawyer role, right? > This is a question about the standard, right? It is not about #true > or #false vs #t or #f. > The Guile manual explains well, isn't it? yes, indeed. What I want to say: Besides other problems that newcomers of different backgrounds might have when learning Scheme and/or Guile and/or Guix, having to learn that "#f" means "false" is in my opinion one of the least; whereas my other examples provide what I think are real difficulties (some of which simply need a bit of studying of documentation). Andreas