Re: Generalized arrays in the presence of call/cc
Bradley Lucier 06 Aug 2022 17:58 UTC
On 7/30/22 3:48 PM, Bradley Lucier wrote:
> On 7/30/22 11:32 AM, John Cowan wrote:
>> Side issue: there are a lot of inconsistencies in the names of formal
>> arguments: array vs. A, f vs. op, etc. These should be cleaned up.
>
> Some of these differences are intentional---op is an operator (two
> arguments), f is a function, etc.
>
> Overall, the SRFI is a quarter million character document written over a
> period of seven (!) years in three passes. It has inconsistencies in
> notation.
>
> Changing argument names requires changing their references in the text,
> etc.
>
> I fear that making these changes will introduce errors.
>
> I will not be going through the document to make these changes, but if
> others wish to do so I'll accept pull requests to my repository (after I
> set up an appropriate branch to accept them).
>
> Brad
John:
I fear I have lost your original email that made this proposal.
I will make a pass through the SRFI to make formal argument names (more)
consistent.
Brad