Re: keyword cleanup patch

[Stephen Compall]

Richard Todd <address@hidden> writes:

> Why are both syntaxes allowed in this one area, anyway?  I assume
> it's a historical reason?  It's inconsistent with the rest of guile
> (AFAIK) where you have to set a reader option for this behavior.

On the syntax: Emacs Lisp uses plain `:' for keywords; other lisps may
do so as well.  Incidentally, `#:' in front of a symbol in elisp will
prevent its interning. :)

If you're asking why the reader option is on by default ....

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