[r6rs-discuss] [Formal] Have put-datum append atmosphere

From: Alan Watson <alan>
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 11:18:42 -0500

Formal comment 131 was about display and write; my formal comment was
supposed to be more specifically focused on put-datum, although I see
that I failed to convey this. I apologise for not being clearer.

I accept that there is a reasonable case for maintaining the current
behaviour of write and display. However, put-datum is new and therefore
has a chance to "do the right thing" (or at least "do a different
thing"). Therefore, I ask that my formal comment be reconsidered.

Furthermore, the reply to formal comment 131 states:

> Changing the specification to sometimes output a delimiter would make
> the description more complex

My suggestion "that put-datum behave in such a way that the data written
by two consecutive calls to put-datum can always be read by two
consecutive calls to get-datum" is more complex, but not hugely so.
Unless I am mistaken, I think the editors are giving undue weight to the
small additional complexity.

Regards,

Alan
Received on Thu Jun 14 2007 - 12:18:42 UTC