[r6rs-discuss] [Formal] Scheme should not be changed to be case sensitive.

From: David Van Horn <dvanhorn>
Date: Wed Nov 15 10:58:54 2006

John Cowan wrote:
> Thomas Lord scripsit:
>
>> I mean that, for a given procedure application (yes, one
>> argument, for simplicity) substitution of eq value yields
>> an equivalent computation. No? I thought that was the
>> point of "eq?".
>
> Only if the procedure in question is a function of its argument.
> If it's constant (ignores the argument), or is a function of
> some piece of state or non-localized variable, it won't work.

Uh, no this isn't true-- but I don't think this has anything to do with
the discussion.

David
Received on Wed Nov 15 2006 - 10:58:43 UTC