Re: patching SRFI 125 to compensate for SRFI 128 mustard
William D Clinger 12 May 2016 10:34 UTC
John Cowan quoting me:
> > SRFI 128 is already final, so we can't fix it.
>
> We can, in fact. We have already issued minor errata for other final
> SRFIs, and while this is more than minor, it is a less drastic change than
> I have already proposed for SRFI 113, namely to use SRFI 128 comparators
> rather than SRFI 114 comparators throughout. If there is no objection
> from the SRFI 113, 114, or 128 mailing lists (so far there is none),
> the SRFI Editor has already agreed that a post-finalization note will
> be added to the Status section of SRFI 113.
>
> A similar note for SRFI 128 might read as follows:
>
> *Post-finalization note*: Because of the extremely high cost of
> conforming to the first and third conditions of `default-hash`,
> implementers may disregard those conditions and examine only a
> bounded portion of the argument.
IMO that would be the best solution. Thank you.
Will