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Re: readtable API

To: Felix S Klock II <pnkfelix at MIT dot EDU>
Subject: Re: readtable API
From: brlewis at alum dot mit dot edu
Date: 22 Aug 2001 13:31:26 -0400
Cc: kawa at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
References: <200108221539.LAA26978@crash-test-felix.lcs.mit.edu>

Felix S Klock II <pnkfelix@MIT.EDU> writes:

> For (i), we need to change how the reader handles square brackets.  At
> least, we'd need to make the readtable have a higher precedence than
> the standard kawa reader.

It seems intuitive for square brackets to be delimiters.  They are in
BRL, which forces identifiers like <char[]> to be used outside of BRL
pages (e.g. sitedefs.scm).

Maybe they should be delimiters except while reading an identifier that
starts with <.

-- 
Bruce R. Lewis				http://brl.sourceforge.net/

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