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Re: [Chicken-users] vector-copy! compatibility and handling + what else


From: John Cowan
Subject: Re: [Chicken-users] vector-copy! compatibility and handling + what else changed around -extend?
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2013 04:20:05 -0500
User-agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14)

Peter Bex scripsit:

> I did run into this incompatibility yesterday, as well.  I think
> the SRFI-43 definition is superior, as it allows you to cleanly indicate
> copying a subsection of one vector to a subsection of another, and
> it's more intuitive for people used to srfi-13's string-copy! procedure.

SRFI-43 is also R7RS in this case.

> I think it would be nice if we could support both signatures for a while,
> deprecating the old one.  If others agree I'll make a CR for this.

Sounds like a plan.

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