[r6rs-discuss] [Formal] Simplifying conditions

From: John Cowan <cowan>
Date: Sun Nov 26 12:29:01 2006

Michael Sperber scripsit:

> The condition system distinguishes between simple conditions and
> compound conditions. A compound condition consists of an ordered set
> of simple conditions. Thus, every condition can be viewed as an
> ordered set of simple component conditions: If it is simple, the set
> consists of the condition itself; if it is compound, it consists of
> the simple conditions that compose it.

This is certainly better than the draft, but I would still prefer
a multiple-inheritance style, whereby a compound condition is the
merger of the fields of the simple conditions which make it up.

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