Re: [R7RS-small] get-environment-variables

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Re: [R7RS-small] get-environment-variables Marc Nieper-Wißkirchen (01 Dec 2020 12:27 UTC)

Re: [R7RS-small] get-environment-variables Lassi Kortela (01 Dec 2020 21:33 UTC)

Re: [R7RS-small] get-environment-variables Marc Nieper-Wißkirchen (04 Dec 2020 19:17 UTC)

Re: [R7RS-small] get-environment-variables Lassi Kortela (04 Dec 2020 21:15 UTC)

Re: [R7RS-small] get-environment-variables Arthur A. Gleckler (04 Dec 2020 21:21 UTC)

Re: [R7RS-small] get-environment-variables Lassi Kortela (04 Dec 2020 21:24 UTC)

Re: [R7RS-small] get-environment-variables Marc Nieper-Wißkirchen (04 Dec 2020 21:30 UTC)

Re: [R7RS-small] get-environment-variables Arthur A. Gleckler (04 Dec 2020 22:11 UTC)

Re: [R7RS-small] get-environment-variables Marc Nieper-Wißkirchen (04 Dec 2020 22:22 UTC)

Re: [R7RS-small] get-environment-variables Arthur A. Gleckler (04 Dec 2020 22:31 UTC)

Re: [R7RS-small] get-environment-variables Marc Nieper-Wißkirchen (04 Dec 2020 22:41 UTC)

Re: [R7RS-small] get-environment-variables Alex Shinn (05 Dec 2020 06:56 UTC)

Re: [R7RS-small] get-environment-variables Marc Nieper-Wißkirchen (05 Dec 2020 11:51 UTC)

Re: [R7RS-small] get-environment-variables Shiro Kawai (05 Dec 2020 20:40 UTC)

Re: [R7RS-small] get-environment-variables Marc Nieper-Wißkirchen (05 Dec 2020 22:58 UTC)

Re: [R7RS-small] get-environment-variables Shiro Kawai (06 Dec 2020 00:19 UTC)

Re: [R7RS-small] get-environment-variables Marc Nieper-Wißkirchen (06 Dec 2020 15:54 UTC)

Re: [R7RS-small] get-environment-variables Alex Shinn (07 Dec 2020 00:52 UTC)

Re: [R7RS-small] get-environment-variables John Cowan (06 Dec 2020 04:42 UTC)

Re: [R7RS-small] get-environment-variables Alex Shinn (07 Dec 2020 00:28 UTC)

Re: [R7RS-small] get-environment-variables John Cowan (04 Dec 2020 23:19 UTC)

Re: [R7RS-small] get-environment-variables Marc Nieper-Wißkirchen (05 Dec 2020 11:17 UTC)

Re: [R7RS-small] get-environment-variables John Cowan (06 Dec 2020 05:03 UTC)

Re: [R7RS-small] get-environment-variables Lassi Kortela 04 Dec 2020 21:24 UTC

> I don't have a strong feeling about what approach is right here.  One
> thing that would help: Does anyone have an idea how common it is for
> people to use non-string (or even non-ASCII) values in environment
> variables?  I had never heard of anyone using them for binary data
> before.  It seems like asking for trouble, but perhaps I'm missing
> something.

Non-string binary data is asking for trouble (and strings containing
null bytes cannot be represented).

Non-ASCII data almost certainly exists (e.g. people's names and
filenames using international characters).