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

From: Alan Watson <alan>
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 13:39:29 -0500

R. Kent Dybvig wrote:
> On the other hand, with the suggested change, one would have
> no reasonable way to suppress unwanted trailing atmosphere, say if one
> were using put-datum to implement format.

Couldn't you use write or display? Or perhaps the standard should define
means to write data both with and without trailing atmosphere (e.g., a
flag to put-datum or two distinct procedures).

Regards,

Alan
Received on Thu Jun 14 2007 - 14:39:29 UTC