Re: New draft (#2) and last call for comments on SRFI 245: Mixing definitions and expressions within bodies Daphne Preston-Kendal (04 Dec 2023 10:15 UTC)

Re: New draft (#2) and last call for comments on SRFI 245: Mixing definitions and expressions within bodies Daphne Preston-Kendal 04 Dec 2023 10:14 UTC

On 30 Nov 2023, at 06:47, Arthur A. Gleckler <xxxxxx@speechcode.com> wrote:

> If you're interested in this SRFI, please give your feedback via the SRFI 245 mailing list before 2023-12-06. After that, assuming that no major revisions are required, we will declare it final. It is important that we get your feedback before 2023-12-06. If that deadline is too soon for you, but you would like to contribute, please let me know so that I can extend the last-call period.

Dear Arthur,

Please extend the last call period by two weeks.

I would like to try to come up with a ‘sample implementation’ as MNW puts it (that will assume a body has been fully expanded and do the ‘fixing letrec*’ conversion on it for efficient code, when definitions and expressions are intermingled), and also potentially address criticisms arising on the mailing list of SRFI 251, that this SRFI is not sufficiently clearly specified or some such. (I make no guarantee on the last point, because I don’t understand why people think 251 is clearer to begin with, but if someone explains to me such that I can express 245 more clearly, I will try to improve 245.)

Daphne