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Re: [Chicken-hackers] CR: (#439) quasiquote changes
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John Cowan |
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Re: [Chicken-hackers] CR: (#439) quasiquote changes |
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Fri, 10 Dec 2010 15:42:16 -0500 |
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Thomas Chust scripsit:
> to me the analogy seems quite well chosen. By the way, sometimes I
> actually wonder whether splicing behaviour of multiple values in an
> argument list wouldn't be a good idea, but I'm unsure.
It's a Really Bad Idea, because it makes it impossible, for example, to
report (cons (x)) as a compile-time error (too few arguments). After
all, what if x returns two values?
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John Cowan address@hidden http://www.ccil.org/~cowan
Dievas dave dantis; Dievas duos duonos --Lithuanian proverb
Deus dedit dentes; deus dabit panem --Latin version thereof
Deity donated dentition;
deity'll donate doughnuts --English version by Muke Tever
God gave gums; God'll give granary --Version by Mat McVeagh
- [Chicken-hackers] CR: (#439) quasiquote changes, Peter Bex, 2010/12/07
- Re: [Chicken-hackers] CR: (#439) quasiquote changes, Peter Bex, 2010/12/08
- Re: [Chicken-hackers] CR: (#439) quasiquote changes, Thomas Chust, 2010/12/10
- Re: [Chicken-hackers] CR: (#439) quasiquote changes, Felix, 2010/12/10
- Re: [Chicken-hackers] CR: (#439) quasiquote changes,
John Cowan <=
- Re: [Chicken-hackers] CR: (#439) quasiquote changes, Christian Kellermann, 2010/12/10
- Re: [Chicken-hackers] CR: (#439) quasiquote changes, Thomas Chust, 2010/12/10
- Re: [Chicken-hackers] CR: (#439) quasiquote changes, John Cowan, 2010/12/10
- Re: [Chicken-hackers] CR: (#439) quasiquote changes, Alaric Snell-Pym, 2010/12/11