+1 scribble/example

On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 4:33 PM, Matthew Flatt <[email protected]> wrote:

> At Fri, 11 Dec 2015 13:25:25 -0800, Alexis King wrote:
> > I’ve noticed the recent addition of scribble/examples to scribble-lib.
> First
> > of all, I’m super excited about having a more robust interface to
> > scribble/eval, and from the documentation, it looks great.
>
> Thanks for taking a look! In retrospect, I should have made this a pull
> request, because I'd really like others to take a close look.
>
> Besides reconsidering the library name (as below), you may think of
> other simplifications, improvements, or better names. Try it out on
> your documentation, but let's agree that the API might be in flux for a
> little while.
>
> > I do have a couple questions, though.
> >
> >    1. Should the name of this module be scribble/examples or
> >       scribble/example, given that the style guide recommends only
> singular
> >       names? I get that in this case, it might make sense to have the
> plural
> >       name since the form it exports is called `examples`, but I figured
> I’d
> >       raise the question before the name is set in stone.
>
> I agree that `scribble/example` is the right name according to the
> style guide. I broke the rule here on purpose, because the main export
> of `scribble/examples` is `examples`, and the mismatch between
> `examples` and `scribble/example` bothered me.
>
> I am not sure I made the right choice in breaking the guideline,
> though. If other think that `scribble/example` would be better, I can
> easily agree.
>
> >    2. Is eval:check “fixed”? It seemed to be completely broken when I
> tried
> >       it a number of months ago. I fixed it to at least work, but the
> source
> >       location information was screwy. Now, though, it seems to work
> okay.
> >       Matthew, did any of the changes you made fix this issue, or am I
> just
> >       imagining things?
>
> I fixed some problems with `eval:check` along the way.
>
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