On 2/25/13, David A. Wheeler <dwhee...@dwheeler.com> wrote: > Alan Manuel Gloria: > >> Awww..... (^.^)v > > :-). > >> Since you're unwilling to put the full Beni formulation in *right >> now*, then let's use classic formulation. I hope somebody else speaks >> up for the full Beni formulation and gives a fully interesting example >> *real soon now* (^_^) > > Absolutely! Thanks for being willing to do this. > This particular formulation is definitely interesting, I think > documenting it is important. > > And please make it clear that this is an upward-compatible > extension that could be added later, without interfering with any > existing sweet-expressions. > >> I volunteer to write up the Beni formulation for the SRFI-sweet >> document - unless Beni wants to write it up himself. > > That'd be great. Please feel free to document my "$-at-end" > attempt at a compromise. If you don't want to do that, I'll add it. >
Yeah, although I'll wait a few days to see if Beni wants to write it himself first. > >> Note that: >> >> $ >> foo >> >> ==> >> >> ((foo)) >> >> which is both non-obvious and not something I see as *useful*. So >> raising an error is fine with me too. > > Okay. John Cowan made the same point too. > Looks like we'll drop that, at least for this edition. > > Once it's removed from the BNF, I think we need to make sure that the > Scheme specifically checks for it and forbids it. That way, people won't > accidentally use such constructs for now, and that'll make it easier to > add later if indeed it's added later. I propose making it an explicit error in the BNF rather than just making it an invalid sequence by implication of its absence. Sincerely, AmkG ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_feb _______________________________________________ Readable-discuss mailing list Readable-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/readable-discuss
