Re: Keyword arguments in procedures specified in SRFIs Lassi Kortela 22 Jul 2019 09:24 UTC
> Speaking with my editor's hat /on/, this is something that should have > to have a real implementation rather than be speculative. Seeing how > the different systems interact in practice would be important. Would > you be willing to do that work? You're right. A symbol reader written in Scheme that understands all three syntaxes would be a good way to start mapping out the details of their interaction. I can write the code if I can get feedback from others who have more experience. Before we embark on that, we'd need to: 1) Come to a consensus on whether unquoted keywords should be self-evaluating objects, or special syntax for argument lists. I'll ask Common Lisp implementors for help so we understand the implications. 2) Get tentative buy-in from at least a few implementors (i.e. that they don't think the idea is totally lame and that we could at least try it :)