Re: nested comments (please correct lexical scope)
Paul Schlie 10 Jan 2005 21:13 UTC
Yup, missed that; guess all examples don't separate 'quote tokens from
their target <s-exp>'s, simply because their association would be less
clear otherwise (but not forbidden).
> From: "Bradd W. Szonye" <xxxxxx@szonye.com>
> Paul Schlie wrote:
>> r5rs seems to imply in all examples, no <white-space> being allowed
>> between the quote abbreviation and it's target <s-exp>; which makes
>> sense to me as it visually and lexically binds the reader action with
>> it's target <s-exp>, as opposed to allowing something like:
>
> According to R5RS 7.1.1, "Lexical Structure":
>
> <Intertoken space> may occur on either side of any token, but not
> within a token.
>
> <token> --> ... | ' | ...
> <atmosphere> --> <whitespace> | <comment>
> <intertoken space> --> <atmosphere>*
>
> Since the quote mark is a token, intertoken space (i.e., whitespace and
> comments) may appear on either side of it.
> --
> Bradd W. Szonye
> http://www.szonye.com/bradd
>