On 11-Apr-06, at 3:24 PM, Jorgen Schaefer wrote:

> Semi-long posting, short summary: If we do indeed have to
> standardize keywords, please use prefix colons. :-)

Don't you mean:

    Semi-long posting, short :summary If we do indeed have to

[Sorry... I just couldn't resist!]

I find colon at the end to be more natural since it closely
corresponds to the use of colon in English (and many other natural
languages).  Moreover it is the syntax used in the DSSSL standard (a
variant of Scheme).

I'm not considering changing the SRFI, but I'd like to conduct an
informal poll on this list on the syntax.  Lets pretend there was no
historical precedent (i.e. neither Common Lisp or DSSSL), which
syntax would you prefer?  Please answer with one of these answers:

1) I prefer prefix syntax, e.g.   (button :text "OK" :action quit)
2) I prefer suffix syntax, e.g.   (button text: "OK" action: quit)
3) I don't care

Marc