Re: JACAL, scm

[Dirk Herrmann]

On 18 Oct 2001, Neil Jerram wrote:

> >>>>> "Radey" == Radey Shouman <address@hidden> writes:
> 
>     Radey> Please see the "Programs and Definitions" section of the
>     Radey> formal syntax, where we see
> 
>     Radey>    <definition> --> (begin <definition>*)
> 
>     Radey> Which indicates that (BEGIN) should be allowable anywhere
>     Radey> definitions may appear.
> 
> This seems convincing enough.  Do you (everyone) think it's acceptable
> to fix this such that (begin) is allowed anywhere, or do you think we
> need to fix it so that it's allowed for definitions but disallowed for
> non-definition expressions?

I don't mind either way.  However, as long as the issue is not decided, a
test should be added to the test suite that marks the appearances of
(begin) in non-definition expressions as an expected failure - a comment
should be added to the test case to describe the issue.

Best regards
Dirk Herrmann