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JSON Lines support Lassi Kortela (21 Jan 2020 12:05 UTC)
Re: JSON Lines support Amirouche Boubekki (21 Jan 2020 15:00 UTC)
Re: JSON Lines support Lassi Kortela (21 Jan 2020 22:47 UTC)
Re: JSON Lines support John Cowan (21 Jan 2020 22:51 UTC)
Re: JSON Lines support Lassi Kortela (21 Jan 2020 23:07 UTC)
Re: JSON Lines support John Cowan (22 Jan 2020 00:11 UTC)
Pretty-printing JSON Lassi Kortela (22 Jan 2020 00:22 UTC)
Re: Pretty-printing JSON John Cowan (22 Jan 2020 02:28 UTC)
Different kinds of JSON writers, and naming them Lassi Kortela (22 Jan 2020 11:52 UTC)
Re: Different kinds of JSON writers, and naming them John Cowan (22 Jan 2020 18:37 UTC)
Re: Different kinds of JSON writers, and naming them Lassi Kortela (22 Jan 2020 22:33 UTC)
Re: Different kinds of JSON writers, and naming them John Cowan (22 Jan 2020 22:44 UTC)
Re: Different kinds of JSON writers, and naming them Duy Nguyen (23 Jan 2020 10:01 UTC)
Optional features in SRFIs Lassi Kortela (24 Jan 2020 15:30 UTC)
Re: Optional features in SRFIs Lassi Kortela (24 Jan 2020 15:35 UTC)
Re: Optional features in SRFIs Arthur A. Gleckler (24 Jan 2020 15:57 UTC)
Re: Optional features in SRFIs John Cowan (24 Jan 2020 17:01 UTC)
Re: Optional features in SRFIs Lassi Kortela (24 Jan 2020 17:07 UTC)
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Re: Optional features in SRFIs Lassi Kortela (24 Jan 2020 18:43 UTC)
Re: Optional features in SRFIs Lassi Kortela (24 Jan 2020 17:12 UTC)

Re: Optional features in SRFIs Lassi Kortela 24 Jan 2020 18:43 UTC

>>     The R7RS version of cond-expand supports (library (foo bar))
>>     expressions
>>     to test for a library that can be imported using (import (foo bar)).
>>     Would it work in principle to put part of the procedures in a SRFI into
>>     a separate library, or have I misunderstood how (library ...) works?

> Yes, a SRFI can document multiple libraries, and can say that all or
> only some are required for conformance, and cond-expand can figure out
> what libraries are in fact available and perhaps work around any that
> are missing.
>
> What Scheme programs can't currently do is to reflect at the level of
> "Does this library provide this procedure/macro, or not?"

That limitation is probably a blessing in disguise. It seems like
dubious design if a particular library exports a different set of
identifiers depending on environmental conditions.