[r6rs-discuss] Bytevectors

From: Bruno Deferrari <utizoc>
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 06:34:58 -0300

On 6/19/07, Michael Sperber <sperber at informatik.uni-tuebingen.de> wrote:
> > I suggest that the following name changes would improve euphony:
> > bytevector-u8-ref to octetvector-ref
> > bytevector-s8-ref to bytevector-ref
> > bytevector-u8-set! to octetvector-set!
> > bytevector-s8-set! to bytevector-set!
> > bytevector->u8-list to octetvector->list
> > u8-list->bytevector to list->bytevector
>
> This would suggest that "octetvectors" and "bytevectors" are different
> things, which they are not.

While most of the time, a byte is 8 bits, thats not always the case.
An octet is always 8 bits.
Received on Tue Jun 19 2007 - 05:34:58 UTC