On Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:14:43 -0400, Brian Harvey <[email protected]>
wrote:
>> That is, should |foo|n|baz| be parsed as three symbols,
>> foo, n, and baz, or a single symbol foonbaz?
>
> It seems to me that a single symbol foo|n|baz (terrible as that would be)
> would probably be closer to what a user who typed that in really meant
> than either of your two choices. Given the ambiguity, perhaps it should
> just be flagged as an error?
In Chez Scheme, '|foo|n|bar| is treated as 'foonbar because the first |
matches with the second, the third with the fourth, and the middle is
parses without the extra treatment.
Aaron W. Hsu
--
Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its
victims may be the most oppressive. -- C. S. Lewis
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