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Re: [DOCPATCH]Revamp of doc/ref/scheme-control.texi
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Kevin Ryde |
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Re: [DOCPATCH]Revamp of doc/ref/scheme-control.texi |
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Sat, 19 Jul 2003 09:38:49 +1000 |
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Stephen Compall <address@hidden> writes:
>
> 1. Do you
> want me to work this in and repost my patch, or would you rather do
> it?
I'll probably checkin what I did, and let you propose more on
guile-devel.
> 3. The above idea was one for another list: some "nifty" things you
> can do with continuations. That is, as it is now, it vaguely
> refers to situations in which call/cc may be preferable, without
> explaining at least one of those situations.
There might not be many realistic cases where continuations are
better, not with the way they're implemented. I'm inclined to just
ensure the description has all the facts, and leave it at that.