"felix" <xxxxxx@freenet.de> writes:

> I think it should be made explicit wether "error" is a
> special form or procedure. The spec calls it a procedure first and
> later says it's a "procedure or special form".
>
> Things like
>
> (define my-error-handler (make-parameter error))
> are of course not possible with a special form. One also
> can not use "apply" on it.

agreed, it should be specified as a procedure.

> But a special form (as Marc Feeley has pointed out)
> could make the location in the source file available
> for diagnostics. I would propose an additional special
> form that can invoke the procedure "error":

I think this is redundant.  most compilers probably provide _some_ way
to treat a keyword as a special form if possible, and treat it as a
variable reference otherwise.  you certainly can do such a thing using
syntax-case, for instance.

now if the SRFI _required_ that source location info be provided, then
I would completely agree with you.

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