[R6RS] Nongenerative record-type UIDs
dyb at cs.indiana.edu
dyb at cs.indiana.edu
Mon Nov 27 07:46:12 EST 2006
> I think you misunderstood me: I'm only talking about the half of
> Jaffer's proposal that I cited. (About using #f, I share your
> objection.) So this is all about recommendations or suggestions
> anyway, except for:
>
> > As for using the specified UID + record-type as the "real" UID, I have no
> > strong opinion at this point, although I think it's probably not very
> > useful to do so.
>
> The usefulness rests in the fact that it enables Jaffer's convention.
Okay---sorry for misunderstanding. I'd prefer that the R6RS not even
mention using the library name (or anything else) as the UID, however;
let's let programmers determine their own conventions.
Kent
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