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Re: The linear-update SRFIs and what to do about them John Cowan (20 Jun 2021 02:09 UTC)
Re: The linear-update SRFIs and what to do about them Wolfgang Corcoran-Mathe (20 Jun 2021 02:14 UTC)
Re: The linear-update SRFIs and what to do about them Arthur A. Gleckler (20 Jun 2021 02:33 UTC)
Re: The linear-update SRFIs and what to do about them John Cowan (22 Jun 2021 21:44 UTC)

Re: The linear-update SRFIs and what to do about them Wolfgang Corcoran-Mathe 20 Jun 2021 02:14 UTC

> >> 3) Convert all SRFI 209 linear-update procedures to mutational ones.
> >> This will require a new implementation, which Wolfgang has agreed to
> >> provide.  Draft PFN:
> >>
> >> Post-finalization note 1: The author recommends that the entire section
> >> "Linear update" be ignored, and that the procedures whose names end in ! be
> >> implemented by mutation of their enum set  arguments.  However, for
> >> backward compatibility they should return the mutated enum set, unlike
> >> other mutational procedures which return an unspecified value.
> >>
> >> Arthur: do you think this is appropriate as a PFN?
> >>
> >
> > As far as I can see, the same argument applies here as for SRFI 113, so
> > yes.
> >
> > Are you ready for me to add the PFNs now?
> >
>
> Let's wait until we have the new implementation for 209.  113 can go as
> soon as we see if there are any comments from the 113 mailing list, I think.

It's ready.  I just opened a pull request (on GitHub) for it.

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