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Re: Change in printing of Scheme values
- From: Jim White <jim at pagesmiths dot com>
- To: Per Bothner <per at bothner dot com>
- Cc: kawa at sourceware dot org
- Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 13:26:16 -0800
- Subject: Re: Change in printing of Scheme values
- References: <4558DCC8.9010202@bothner.com>
Per Bothner wrote:
> Just a note in a change to how Kawa writes values to output ports.
> Note that this is an incompatible change, and differs from R5RS
> and most Scheme implementations, but I think it is an improvement.
>
> The change is that if two "word" values are written in a row, a space
> is written between them. A word is most Scheme values, including
> numbers and lists. A Scheme string is treated as a word by write,
> but not by display.
> ...
I can see the convenience in using this feature, but I think the
compatibility issues mean that it should have a switch to control it.
And Happy Open Source Java Day to everyone!
http://www.sun.com/software/opensource/java/
Jim