Rank-1 array and vector Shiro Kawai (02 Nov 2018 00:57 UTC)
Re: Rank-1 array and vector Per Bothner (02 Nov 2018 02:35 UTC)
Re: Rank-1 array and vector Shiro Kawai (02 Nov 2018 03:10 UTC)
Re: Rank-1 array and vector Per Bothner (02 Nov 2018 04:30 UTC)
Re: Rank-1 array and vector Bradley Lucier (02 Nov 2018 13:05 UTC)
Re: Rank-1 array and vector Per Bothner (02 Nov 2018 15:04 UTC)

Re: Rank-1 array and vector Per Bothner 02 Nov 2018 02:35 UTC

On 11/1/18 5:57 PM, Shiro Kawai wrote:
> In reader syntax section it reads:
>
>     The datum contains the elements in a nested-list format: a rank-1 array (i.e. vector) uses a single list
>
> I find "(i.e. vector)" part a bit confusing, for rank-1 array may not be a Scheme vector; I assume it refers to a vector in mathematical sense but wonder if we need it at all.

I agree it should be removed.  Fixed in on my confuter. Though note that in Guile, Kawa, possibly other languaes,
and the proposed array specification all Scheme vector values are arrays (though not all rank-1 arrays
are vectors).

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