On Wed, 04 May 2011 10:55:41 -0400, Andre van Tonder <[email protected]>
wrote:
> The Chez solution to this problem (multi-argument unquote) has been in
> use for a
> number of years by several large implementations. It has he advantage
> of being
> backwards compatible - existing programs not using multi-argument unquote
> will not be broken. The macro is nontrivial but has been thoroughly
> debugged
> and tested over the course of years and can be copied and pasted into any
> implementation, so the cost of adopting it is zero. And the
> specification has already been written for R6RS and can be copied and
> pasted
> from there into the WG1 standard, again ast zero cost, if the editors so
> decide. It is my opinion that this is the best choice that can be made
> at this
> point.
These are all rather convincing points, IMO. On the other hand, does
anyone know if there are alternative approaches currently implemented by
complete implementations?
Aaron W. Hsu
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