[r6rs-discuss] [Formal] Version reference syntax is overly complex.

From: Shiro Kawai <shiro>
Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 10:41:33 -1000 (HST)

From: AndrevanTonder <andre at het.brown.edu>
Subject: Re: [r6rs-discuss] [Formal] Version reference syntax is overly complex.
Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 12:03:10 -0400 (EDT)

> On Wed, 13 Jun 2007, Shiro Kawai wrote:
>
> > Suggested alternative #2
> > ------------------------
> >
> > Drop the whole library versioning idea from r6rs.
>
> +1
>
> (although by now it has grown so monstrous that it probably would be hard to
> kill).

Why not? If we've found this issue is monstrously big, it
probably is a good candidate to be moved to SRFI, unless
we're really convinced that it is essential in r6rs. If we
get a slim r6rs and a nice SRFI at the end, all the effort
of editors and the discussions here will be rewarded.

--shiro
Received on Sat Jun 16 2007 - 16:41:33 UTC

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