Taylor R Campbell wrote:
>    Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:09:48 -0400
>    From: David Van Horn <xxxxxx@cs.brandeis.edu>
>
>    Here is a proposal for converting between representation of pairs and
>    lists.
>
> I think the names PAIR->PAIR and LIST->LIST are very confusing.  Also,
> both directions are necessary.  How about using more descriptive, if
> more verbose names, such as SEQUENTIAL-LIST->RANDOM-ACCESS-LIST or
> LINEAR-LIST->RANDOM-ACCESS-LIST?  Also, are the pair-only operations
> useful?

As proposed, they do go both directions.  I suspect the pair only
operation is not useful, but I'm not sure.  I will punt on that one for
now.  As for names, I like list->list; it's suggestive of it potentially
being an identity operation, but I'd like to hear what others think.

David