What syntax support for SRFI 231? Bradley Lucier (27 Jan 2022 20:48 UTC)
Re: What syntax support for SRFI 231? Alex Shinn (27 Jan 2022 21:42 UTC)
Re: What syntax support for SRFI 231? Bradley Lucier (27 Jan 2022 22:55 UTC)
Re: What syntax support for SRFI 231? Bradley Lucier (10 Feb 2022 02:15 UTC)

Re: What syntax support for SRFI 231? Bradley Lucier 27 Jan 2022 22:55 UTC

On 1/27/22 3:48 PM, Bradley Lucier wrote:
> What syntax support should appear in SRFI 231, the followup to SRFI 179?
>
> I don't think much about syntax, so I'm not the right person to lead on
> this issue.
>
> Jens Axel Jens Axel Søgaard recommended SRFI 42-type comprehensions.  We
> haven't yet determined why SRFI 42's example programs don't run on
> Gambit, but perhaps it would be good to discuss before then how such
> comprehensions would look in use.
>
> What other syntax support should be included in this SRFI?
>
> Brad

Perhaps I should note that Racket has literal syntax for arrays, for
which we can use, e.g., the procedure

(vector*->array '#(#(1 2 3) #(4 5 6)) 2)

Brad