On Tue, Dec 5, 2023 at 11:07 PM Arthur A. Gleckler <[email protected]>
wrote:


> I don't understand.  Isn't it to make it possible to put literals
> representing these values into one's program?  Are you looking for a
> purpose beyond that?
>

The alternative view is that we should not have such literals, but
simply use macros of the form (s32 1 2 15 3453) that work at expand time
rather than read time. See <https://codeberg.org/scheme/r7rs/issues/109>
for the most recent discussion.


> By the way, I just checked, and Marc Feeley, the author, is still
> subscribed to this mailing list.
>

I'd be surprised if he weren't.

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