On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 04:36:02PM +0900, Alex Shinn wrote: > Peter Bex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Could you give an example in which you need this? > > As a wild guess, regular expressions? The syntax of regexps > is really horrible for any language which represents them as > plain strings. > > On the other hand something like Gauche's #/.../ or Ruby's > #rx{...} for a regular expression literal would be even more > convenient, and potentially allow for the trailing imsx > modifiers.
We do have the regex-literals egg... Do you propose adding that to core Chicken? Cheers, Peter -- http://sjamaan.ath.cx -- "The process of preparing programs for a digital computer is especially attractive, not only because it can be economically and scientifically rewarding, but also because it can be an aesthetic experience much like composing poetry or music." -- Donald Knuth
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