[r6rs-discuss] hello.0.4.2.sls vs. hello-0.4.2.sls

From: Lynn Winebarger <owinebar>
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 13:02:48 -0400

On 6/28/07, Michael Sperber <sperber at informatik.uni-tuebingen.de> wrote:
>
> AndrevanTonder <andre at het.brown.edu> writes:
>
> > On Thu, 28 Jun 2007, Michael Sperber wrote:
> >
> >> How so? Especially given that the "main name" may include a hyphen
> >> (and digits) as well.
> >
> > That's a good point. Does
> >
> > foo.1.2.3.sls
> >
> > correspond to
> >
> > (foo (1 2 3))
> > (foo.1 (2 3))
> > (foo.1.2 (3))
> > (foo.1.2.3 ()) ?
> >
> > Hyphens would have the same problem. So the mapping defined
> > in the appendix would put additional constraints on library
> > naming.
>
> That's right. And I'd rather have the constraints induced by using
> . than the constraints induced by having -.
>
   Why not use " " as the separator? Are there still file systems in
substantial use that make that a problem?

Lynn
Received on Thu Jun 28 2007 - 13:02:48 UTC