Re: Should records be able to mimic primitive types?

[Philipp Stephani]

Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> schrieb am Mi., 5. Apr. 2017 um 03:10 Uhr:

> Or should 'record' and 'make-record' reject attempts to build records
> that pretend to be of primitive types?

I don't see the benefit in trying to try hard to prevent the user from
shooting himself in the foot.

It's not trying hard, just a simple check for a known, small, and rarely-changing list of primitive symbols.