Re: New draft (#2) of SRFI 200: Pattern Matching
Amirouche 18 May 2022 14:23 UTC
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On Tuesday, May 17th, 2022 at 10:32, Panicz Maciej Godek <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Amirouche!Thanks for your feedback and sorry for a late response, but I've recently been overwhelmed with other things.
> I'll start by saying that I really appreciate your insight and the time you've spent to share it
Thanks, we need to share a meal or a drink at the next Scheme Workshop in September.
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> sob., 7 maj 2022, 09:49 użytkownik Amirouche <xxxxxx@hyper.dev> napisał:
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> > Both SRFI-204, and SRFI-200 prose looks bizarre. SRFI-204 dwell on examples uses, whereas SRFI-200 has a review of existing pattern matchers, and that makes hard to figure what must be implemented, and neither it is a good material for users of SRFI-200.
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> I kind of agree, but I don't really know how to fix it.I agree that focusing on existing matchers goes a bit against the utility of the SRFI as a document which is meant to serve implementers.
> But I think that it is important from the point of view of adoption of the subset of syntax described in the document.
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> > re SRFI-200, what is the section of the document describing the recommended pattern matcher?
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> There is a "Recommendations" section which describes that.Also, the document includes two reference implementations expressed in terms of the two most popular macro systems for Scheme, with quite elaborate explanations.
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- It is called "Specification" in some other SRFIs;
> However, if you have any ideas about how the text could be improved, you're more than welcome to become a co-author.
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> Best regards, Panicz
ref: http://www.schemeworkshop.org/
ref: https://srfi.schemers.org/srfi-200/srfi-200.html