Scheme language standardization process
On Mon 09 Apr 2012 02:35, Peter Bex <Peter.Bex@x> writes: > On Sun, Apr 08, 2012 at 06:32:21PM -0500, Alan Watson wrote: >> * Dropping hex escapes in symbols outside of the vertical-bar >> syntax. (Specifically, eliminate <inline hex escape> from the >> <initial> rule.) >> >> * Extending the vertical bar syntax so that it is identical to the >> string syntax, except that the delimiter is the vertical bar rather >> than double quotation and the \| escape replaces the \" escape. > > +1. Please implement it exactly like that in the spec. Sounds sensible to me. FWIW, Guile currently enables R6RS hex escapes within bare symbols, but not within strings, because of back-compatibility concerns. Perhaps these are unimportant, though. Andy -- http://wingolog.org/ _______________________________________________ Scheme-reports mailing list Scheme-reports@x http://lists.scheme-reports.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/scheme-reports