[R6RS] How SRFI 35 enables communication protocols via conditions

[Michael Sperber]

"Manuel Serrano" <Manuel.Serrano at sophia.inria.fr> writes:

>> >> If you mean that a condition type should correspond to a record type,
>> > Yes. That's exactly what I meant.
>> 
>> I see---could you provide a rationale?
> I will try to do that... 
>
> 1- We are planning to add aggregate types in Scheme, i.e. records.  
> 2- Up to now, the only place, in the R6Rs, where we might use aggregate 
>    types is for modeling exceptions (or conditions if you prefer). 

R5RS already has aggregate types in the forms of pairs, vectors, and
procedures.  What mechanism a Scheme system uses for representing
conditions should be an implementation issue, not a specification
issue.

-- 
Cheers =8-} Mike
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