[r6rs-discuss] port/char/string alternative

From: Thomas Lord <lord>
Date: Tue Mar 20 17:55:56 2007

John Cowan wrote:
> Thomas Lord scripsit:
>
>
>> Are you trying to imply that I and everyone else who has criticized
>> the draft on these points is trying to make controversy for
>> controversy's sake?
>>
>
> No, I'm saying that "there is no non-controversial way to do X" is
> not an argument for not doing X.
>
>


Cool. Well, sure. It is also not an argument for doing X.

We are probably expecting the CHAR/STRING standards to be
useful for much more than they rightfully should be useful for.

The alternative is looking for the Y and Z to have instead of X,
so to speak. That's what SRFI and R7 should be for, I think.

-t
Received on Tue Mar 20 2007 - 18:05:36 UTC