On May 5, 2006, at 2:04 PM, Shane Hathaway wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This lisp expression:
(format t "~r~%~r~%~r~%~r~%~r~%" 1 15 91283 4918239 2147483647)
What does that really mean, and how would I find out? What would
happen if I used only four "~r~%" sequences instead of five? What
about i18n? This looks very obtuse to me, and I would consider it
a mark *against* lisp. I'd much rather use a function with a name
like "spell_int" than a series of symbols. Is your syntax actually
helpful in some way I'm not seeing?
That is essentially equivalent to the following C-ish code:
fprintf(stdout, "%r\n%r\n%r\n%r\n%r\n", 1, 15, 91283, 4918239,
2147483947);
%r, of course, would have to be a printf directive to do what ~r does
in format.
You would find out by looking up the 'format' function in the manual,
same as any other language.
I don't know how i18n is handled, but it wouldn't be terribly
difficult for a Lisp vendor concerned about it to supply a i18nalized
format function.
You sound very obtuse to me, and I would consider your comment a mark
against you.
--Levi
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