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

From: Chris Hanson <cph>
Date: Wed Nov 22 16:10:54 2006

Shiro Kawai wrote:
> FYI, Here's a list of some imlementations, their default
> case-sensitivity mode, and an option to switch it.
> Corrections and additions are welcome.

Gee, I should crawl out from under my rock and look around every now and
then. :) I had no idea so many implementations had adopted
case-sensitive syntax as the default.

But the diversity of implementations argues for allowing implementations
the choice to set the default.

I should comment, since several implementations seem to do it, that my
experience with MIT/GNU Scheme's case-folding option (a dynamically
bound global variable) has been unpleasant. It has caused confusion for
users on numerous occasions, and sometimes non-obvious bugs. That's why
I'm advocating a mechanism that binds the option directly into the text.
Received on Wed Nov 22 2006 - 16:10:48 UTC