[r6rs-discuss] Rationale issues

From: Mikael Tillenius <mti>
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 21:22:31 +0200

Thomas Lord escribi?:
> Mikael Tillenius wrote:
>> Do you realize that you are talking about two different things att the
>> same time: how a name is _choosen_ and how a name is _represented_.
>
>
> Why do you think that those are separate questions?
>
> For example, a URI's representation includes the scheme,
> authority fields, and a hierarchical part. That
> representation very much shapes how names are chosen.

You can put the same information into a list. And you can put
essentially anything in the hierarchical part of a URI.

(Btw doesn't the authority field contain a hostname which either should
be ignored or make us dependent on a central registry?)

/Mikael
Received on Thu Jun 28 2007 - 15:22:31 UTC