Re: Lexical syntax for boxes
John Cowan 21 May 2013 01:20 UTC
Alex Shinn scripsit:
> > I don't see the use case for the lexical syntax. In fact, I'd
> > classify it as a Bad Idea.
>
> I agree. Does this have any precedent in existing implementations?
As noted in the text itself, it's present in Racket, Gambit, SISC, Chez,
and Chicken, though in Racket it means an immutable box.
> Apart from that the SRFI looks good, and the R7RS portable definition
> (portable only in the absence of lexical syntax) is trivial.
Good. My new draft at <http://ccil.org/~cowan/temp/srfi-111.html> (now
in the SRFI publication queue) excludes the lexical syntax.
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