[r6rs-discuss] [Formal] "#! /usr/bin/env" is not "portable." It's Unix-specific.

From: Jens Axel Søgaard <jensaxel>
Date: Wed Nov 15 15:53:10 2006

AndrevanTonder skrev:
> On Wed, 15 Nov 2006, Jens Axel S?gaard wrote:
>
>>> Not necessarily. The draft does not require scripts to be whole files.
>>> As a result, while the Unix script starts on the first line, we are
>>> entitled to regard the Scheme script as starting on the next line of
>>> the same file. The first line of the Unix script is the #!, while
>>> the first line of the Scheme script is whatever comes next. In this
>>> view, R6RS has to specify the Scheme script, but can avoid specifying
>>> the first line of the Unix file, which is then not part of the Scheme
>>> script.
>>
>> I think we agree? I was trying to argue that the draft does indeed
>> specify the right thing.
>
> Not quite. I am saying the draft should start where the Scheme starts,
> which
> is in this case on the second line. It should not concern itself with the
> mechanisms, such as #!, that the host system use to decide where the
> Scheme starts. It should not even mention them.

So you suggest something like:

<script> -> <line>* <script start> <script substance>
<script start> -> #!program <linefeed>

where <script substance> is as in the draft
and <line> is any line not matching #!program.

?

-- 
Jens Axel S?gaard
Received on Wed Nov 15 2006 - 15:50:50 UTC

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