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s7 suggestion bil@xxxxxx (29 Oct 2019 13:40 UTC)
Re: s7 suggestion Lassi Kortela (29 Oct 2019 15:15 UTC)
Re: s7 suggestion bil@xxxxxx (29 Oct 2019 15:56 UTC)
Re: s7 suggestion Lassi Kortela (29 Oct 2019 16:19 UTC)
Re: s7 suggestion Lassi Kortela (29 Oct 2019 16:32 UTC)
Re: s7 suggestion bil@xxxxxx (29 Oct 2019 17:54 UTC)
Re: s7 suggestion Lassi Kortela (29 Oct 2019 18:07 UTC)
Re: s7 suggestion John Cowan (01 Nov 2019 21:27 UTC)
Re: s7 suggestion Lassi Kortela (01 Nov 2019 21:36 UTC)
Re: s7 suggestion John Cowan (01 Nov 2019 23:03 UTC)
&key vs :key in the lambda list Lassi Kortela (01 Nov 2019 23:17 UTC)
Re: &key vs :key in the lambda list John Cowan (01 Nov 2019 23:18 UTC)
Re: &key vs :key in the lambda list Lassi Kortela (01 Nov 2019 23:27 UTC)
Syntax for hygienic vs non-hygienic keywords Lassi Kortela (01 Nov 2019 23:33 UTC)
Re: allow-other-keys bil@xxxxxx (29 Oct 2019 19:51 UTC)
Re: s7 suggestion Marc Nieper-Wißkirchen (29 Oct 2019 16:33 UTC)
Re: s7 suggestion Lassi Kortela (29 Oct 2019 16:53 UTC)
Re: s7 suggestion bil@xxxxxx (29 Oct 2019 17:10 UTC)
Including 177 in s7? Lassi Kortela (29 Oct 2019 17:34 UTC)

Re: &key vs :key in the lambda list Lassi Kortela 01 Nov 2019 23:27 UTC

> I had understood that you liked me (not too serious) idea of using colon
> names for non-hygienic keywords and colon-free names for hygienic keywords.

I love that idea, but at the call site (call/kw). You're right, though.
It does mess with hygienic keywords in the lambda list. I didn't think
it through.

I guess that calls for another vote. Who would rather have:

1) non-hygienic keywords using (lambda/kw (:key foo bar) ...)

2) non-hygienic keywords using (lambda/kw (&key :foo :bar) ...)

Option 2 leaves the door open for hygienic keywords in the future using
(lambda/kw (&key foo bar) ...). With option 1 hygienic keywords would
need a more complex syntax: something like (lambda/kw (:key (hygienic
foo) (hygienic bar)) ...) or perhaps (lambda/kw (:hygienic-key foo bar)
...).

Personally, I think I prefer option 1. An explicit :hygienic-key is
pretty nice since casual users may not understand the distinction
between hygienic and non-hygienic keywords.