Re: nested comments (please correct lexical scope) Bradd W. Szonye 10 Jan 2005 20:59 UTC
Paul Schlie wrote: > r5rs seems to imply in all examples, no <white-space> being allowed > between the quote abbreviation and it's target <s-exp>; which makes > sense to me as it visually and lexically binds the reader action with > it's target <s-exp>, as opposed to allowing something like: According to R5RS 7.1.1, "Lexical Structure": <Intertoken space> may occur on either side of any token, but not within a token. <token> --> ... | ' | ... <atmosphere> --> <whitespace> | <comment> <intertoken space> --> <atmosphere>* Since the quote mark is a token, intertoken space (i.e., whitespace and comments) may appear on either side of it. -- Bradd W. Szonye http://www.szonye.com/bradd