[gambit-list] Keyword and rest parameters, and the print procedure, are now working

Bradley Lucier lucier at math.purdue.edu
Fri Mar 13 23:11:33 EDT 2009


On Mar 13, 2009, at 8:12 PM, David Rush wrote:

>
> 2009/3/13 Bradley Lucier <lucier at math.purdue.edu>:
>> On Fri, 2009-03-13 at 12:13 -0400, Marc Feeley wrote:
>>> display procedure has been changed so that it is closer to what  
>>> other
>>> Scheme systems do (i.e. lists and vectors are written with
>>> parentheses, spaces, etc).
>>
>> Uggh.  I've spent years writing code that used the old display
>> semantics, which you've argued quite strenuously is the "right
>> thing" (TM) to do.  Are you arguing that this version of display  
>> is now
>> the "right thing"?
>
> Maybe it's better if you think of it as "the portable thing". I've
> spent years working around this feature of Gambit...

Yes, after I sent my email I figured out that you have the right  
attitude.  I have < 50,000 lines of scheme code I need to audit  
(which isn't really that much, just looking for display), and the non- 
standard display was keeping people from Gambit.  So it's a net gain.

Brad



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