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naming comments Alex Shinn (13 Jul 2005 03:29 UTC)
Re: naming comments Matthew Flatt (13 Jul 2005 12:49 UTC)
Re: naming comments bear (13 Jul 2005 15:38 UTC)

Re: naming comments Matthew Flatt 13 Jul 2005 12:49 UTC

At Wed, 13 Jul 2005 12:29:36 +0900, Alex Shinn wrote:
> So it seems there's a slight existing majority in favor of #\del,
> but given the official name either that or #\delete would seem
> more appropriate.

Sounds right to me. I prefer #\delete, since that's the standard name,
but it's also the least-widely supported right now. I'll tentatively
make it #\delete and await further pressure from those who like #\del.
:)

> Also, as to the terms
>
>   whitespace
>   lower-case
>   upper-case
>
> both proper English and Unicode terminology suggest these be
>
>   white-space
>   lowercase
>   uppercase

Granted, but I think the R5RS conventions take precedence in these
cases.

Matthew