[r6rs-discuss] perhaps i should be formal, but....

From: William D Clinger <will>
Date: Wed Mar 14 09:09:11 2007

I am posting this as an individual member of the Scheme
community. I am not speaking for the R6RS editors.

Thomas Lord wrote:
> Cowan is excluded from answering.
>
> Can anyone give a good reason why integer->char and char->integer should
> have the domain/range restrictions they do?

Anyone cannot, but someone can.

> Keep in mind the
> "unnecessary restrictions" slogan when answering.

Cowan's exclusion was unnecessary. You only excluded
him from answering you, however; you did not exclude
me from having him in mind when I answered.

The draft R6RS is a legalistic document, so I try to
discuss it in that same spirit.

Will
Received on Wed Mar 14 2007 - 09:09:04 UTC