On Tue, Dec 5, 2023 at 11:07 PM Arthur A. Gleckler <xxxxxx@speechcode.com> wrote:

I don't understand. Isn't it to make it possible to put literals representing these values into one's program? Are you looking for a purpose beyond that?

The alternative view is that we should not have such literals, but simply use macros of the form (s32 1 2 15 3453) that work at expand time rather than read time. See <https://codeberg.org/scheme/r7rs/issues/109> for the most recent discussion.

By the way, I just checked, and Marc Feeley, the author, is still subscribed to this mailing list.

I'd be surprised if he weren't.