It was called option/c until we did option contracts. (All of this just shows that contracts are not written in the programming language proper, contrary to our propaganda.)
On May 8, 2014, at 10:29 PM, Robby Findler wrote: > add1 is fine compared to (+ ... 1), imo, because the name tells you > what it is doing, but maybe/c doesn't. It just sends the signal "you > aren't in the club if you don't know what 'maybe' is". Maybe if there > was another name that made that meaning clear I would also be in > favor. > > Robby > > On Thu, May 8, 2014 at 7:34 PM, Matthias Felleisen <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> I think maybe signals a well-known functional idea. >> >> >> On May 8, 2014, at 8:03 PM, Robby Findler wrote: >> >>> (or/c #f x) >>> >>> seems better than maybe/c because it is nearly the same length and it >>> is one less thing to memorize (and it's not like single-point of >>> control applies here because this can never change). >>> >>> Robby >>> >>> On Thu, May 8, 2014 at 6:17 PM, Matthias Felleisen <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> (We have maybe/c somewhere, and I think we should use it.) >>>> >>>> >>>> On May 8, 2014, at 4:19 PM, [email protected] wrote: >>>> >>>>> samth has updated `master' from 98ae3d8b2d to e1ab2ffcf4. >>>>> http://git.racket-lang.org/plt/98ae3d8b2d..e1ab2ffcf4 >>>>> >>>>> =====[ One Commit ]===================================================== >>>>> Directory summary: >>>>> 100.0% pkgs/typed-racket-pkgs/typed-racket-lib/typed-racket/infer/ >>>>> >>>>> ~~~~~~~~~~ >>>>> >>>>> e1ab2ff Sam Tobin-Hochstadt <[email protected]> 2014-05-08 16:18 >>>>> : >>>>> | Fix contract. >>>>> | >>>>> | First bug caught with new test. Thanks Robby! >>>>> : >>>>> M .../typed-racket-lib/typed-racket/infer/infer-unit.rkt | 2 +- >>>>> >>>>> =====[ Overall Diff ]=================================================== >>>>> >>>>> pkgs/typed-racket-pkgs/typed-racket-lib/typed-racket/infer/infer-unit.rkt >>>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>>>> --- >>>>> OLD/pkgs/typed-racket-pkgs/typed-racket-lib/typed-racket/infer/infer-unit.rkt >>>>> +++ >>>>> NEW/pkgs/typed-racket-pkgs/typed-racket-lib/typed-racket/infer/infer-unit.rkt >>>>> @@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ >>>>> (Type/c Type/c . -> . (or/c #f cset?)) >>>>> (cgen V X Y S T)) >>>>> (define/cond-contract (cg/inv S T) >>>>> - (Type/c Type/c . -> . cset?) >>>>> + (Type/c Type/c . -> . (or/c #f cset?)) >>>>> (cgen/inv V X Y S T)) >>>>> ;; this places no constraints on any variables in X >>>>> (define empty (empty-cset X Y)) >>>> >>>> >>>> _________________________ >>>> Racket Developers list: >>>> http://lists.racket-lang.org/dev >> _________________________ Racket Developers list: http://lists.racket-lang.org/dev

