On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 7:08 PM, Christian Stigen Larsen <[email protected]>wrote:
> Hi, > > in the latest draft, > > * newline is in (scheme base) > * display is in (scheme write) > > Wouldn't it make more sense to have them in the same library? > The issue is that in all (or almost all) implementations, display is defined in terms of write for non-char/string arguments. Since write is a large and fairly complicated procedure, and not actually needed in many programs, it was moved into a separate library. Newline, however, is a much simpler operation defined in terms of write-char. -- Alex
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