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Re: Changes to SRFI 125 John Cowan 12 Sep 2015 05:57 UTC

Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer scripsit:

> > Hmm, but that's not `map` in the domain of hash tables.  I'll think
> > about it.
>
> It indeed doesn't conform to that abstract ideal but I strongly suspect
> it makes the language more practical for actual use.  I'm not sure if it
> should be added at all though.  Clear-copy & for-each goes a long way.

You're right.  I've flushed -map and renamed -map-values to -map.

> >> - hash-table-filter/remove!
> I settled with hashtable-prune! after all.  I find it nice enough.

How about -preserve! (for -filter!) and -discard! (for -remove!)?
I haven't done this yet.

> >> - Hash tables as functions

Still thinking about this.

> I'll write that [set] library myself then, once we settle on SRFI-126 or an
> SRFI-114-less SRFI-125. :-)

What is it you have against SRFI-114?  If you don't like all the
procedures, it could be partitioned into two libraries.

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