Re: SRFI 231 and empty arrays
Per Bothner 01 Apr 2026 22:44 UTC
I orginally mis-read the SRFI-268 specification - I didn't realize it only provided a
way to specify optional lower bunds - but no way specify optional upper bounds.
In my opinion, this makes the specification a non-starter. We're discussing that there
is no way to specify certains kinds of empty arrays. Additionally, it is highly
useful to have an option to specify upper bounds for readability and
catching (some) errors.
It appears to me that SRFI-268 solves no problems that SRFI 163 doesn't solve,
but fails to solve some problems that SRFI-163 does solve. So what is the purpose?
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