Wouldn't this be better?  AFAIK list? implies pair?

define represent-as-infix?(x)
. and
. . list? x
. . symbol? car(x)
. . memq car(x) infix-operators
. . {length(x) >= 3}
. . {length(x) <= 6}

Yeah looks purty.

On 7/19/12, David A. Wheeler <dwhee...@dwheeler.com> wrote:
> When writing iformat.sscm, I'm using sweet-expressions (of course) and I was
> struck at how cleanly this particular function could be expressed:
>
> ; Return #t if x should be represented using curly-infix notation {...}.
> define represent-as-infix?(x)
> . and
> . . pair? x
> . . symbol? car(x)
> . . memq car(x) infix-operators
> . . list? x
> . . {length(x) >= 3}
> . . {length(x) <= 6}
>
> I think this is pretty clean, and I think it shows we're on the right
> track.
>
> --- David A. Wheeler
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