On Nov 14, David Van Horn wrote:
> Arthur A. Gleckler wrote:
> > In <11. Bytes objects>, I suggest using the term "byte-vector" instead 
> > of "bytes."  A plural name for the type will lead to confusion and is 
> > inconsistent with the names used for all other Scheme types.  Even if 
> > "byte-vector" isn't chosen, please consider a singular name.  I'd much 
> > rather say "two byte-vectors" instead of "two byteses" or "two objects 
> > of type bytes" or the ambiguous "two bytes."
> 
> Succ(n)
> 
> The language around "bytes objects" is already confused by the 
> similarity between bytes (plural of byte) and the bytes object 
> (singular) in the draft.  Analogously, we don't call strings "characters 
> objects".
sub1
I think that this argument also asks for "character-vector" instead of
"string".
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