I think `racket/string' should provide the useful string functions, rather than refer users to srfis. The only srfi/13 function I ever use is `string-trim-both' -- any objection to adding that to `racket/string'?
On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 5:29 PM, Matthias Felleisen <matth...@ccs.neu.edu> wrote: > > I saw no response to this question and no commit that includes the > cross-link. Anything? > > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: Asumu Takikawa <as...@ccs.neu.edu> >> Subject: Re: [racket] Are There More String Functions? >> Date: April 12, 2012 5:47:26 PM EDT >> To: Cristian Esquivias <cristian.esquiv...@gmail.com> >> Cc: us...@racket-lang.org >> >> On 2012-04-12 10:43:15 -0700, Cristian Esquivias wrote: >>> As a slight aside, is this module mentioned anywhere in the Racket >>> Guide or Racket Reference? I tried to RTFM as much as possible but >>> didn't see this module mentioned anywhere in the string pages. Should >>> this module be mentioned for others like me? >> >> I think that's an interesting point and has been brought up before on >> this list: what's the official stance on SRFIs? On the documentation >> page they are near the bottom in "Miscellaneous libraries". >> >> If their use is encouraged, maybe doc pages should have a pointer in the >> margin similar to how reference entries point to guide entries. For >> example, the string section in the reference could point to SRFI-13. >> >> Cheers, >> Asumu >> ____________________ >> Racket Users list: >> http://lists.racket-lang.org/users > > > _________________________ > Racket Developers list: > http://lists.racket-lang.org/dev -- sam th sa...@ccs.neu.edu _________________________ Racket Developers list: http://lists.racket-lang.org/dev