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Ticket 508: Library syntax should have been a subset of R6RS

2013-07-07 03:20:44
WG1 - Core
alexshinn
major
cowan
wontfix
source
closed
2013-05-13 08:12:07
defect

Per Bothner writes:

I would have preferred to use the R6RS library keywords, and just standardize a subset on the R6RS functionality, even at the risk of some edge-case incompatibility.

Without syntax-case macros, we'd have no include or include-ci, and without the latter, we'd have no clean compatibility with existing R5RS case-insensitive code. Switching from keywords plus code to just keywords (one of which allows embedding code) made such extensibility straightforward.

resolutionwontfix
statusnewclosed

The WG decided by unanimous consent to take no action on this ticket.