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Re: scm_i_print_symbol_name() in libguile/print.c ...
From: |
Wolfgang J Moeller |
Subject: |
Re: scm_i_print_symbol_name() in libguile/print.c ... |
Date: |
Mon, 11 Apr 2011 15:08:51 +0200 (CEST) |
On Mon, 11 Apr 2011, Andy Wingo wrote:
>[...]
> > (*) Apparently, reading a "weird" symbol whose name contains "}#"
> > isn't provided for.
>
> Also; irritating. Relatedly it does not seem that Guile supports R6RS
> hex escapes in symbols. I guess the right thing to do is to allow for
> R6RS hex escapes in symbols, and escape '}', along with anything that's
> not a printable character.
Having any sort of escapes mixed with #{ }# notation would be incompatible -
maybe you ought no longer generate #{ }# on output, but switch to R6RS escapes
throughout. Since there has been (in my understanding) no way to read symbols
containing "}#" so far, just keep the "transparent" treatment of those
guile-private brackets on input.
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