Re: [racket-users] Process for providing new functions for the standard library

[Matthew Butterick]

On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 7:37 PM, Brian Adkins  wrote:

> As I get deeper into Racket, I expect I'll occasionally find a function
> I'm used to having in the standard library of another language missing. I
> can easily create my own packages for this sort of thing, but some of them
> may be useful enough to add to Rackets standard library.
>
> In the case of functions from another language's standard library, there
> is at least some filtering that has already happened, but I suppose the
> barrier to inclusion into the standard library varies quite a bit among
> languages.
>

BTW if your new function is something you plan to depend on from within
another program that you want to share with others, you may prefer to move
it to a package. Because if it's in a package, it can be made compatible
with existing released versions of Racket. Whereas if it goes into the
language core, it won't be part of a stable release for a while. So those
who want to use your program have to update their whole Racket installation.

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Re: [racket-users] Process for providing new functions for the standard library

[Matthew Flatt]

I think a pull request is the right idea.

When requests like that fall in my area of maintenance, sometimes I've
merged them, and sometimes I've suggested that a package would be
better. I thought the pull request was helpful either way.

Matthew

At Wed, 24 Feb 2016 19:37:13 -0800 (PST), Brian Adkins wrote:
> What is the process for providing additions to Racket's standard library? Do 
> people just submit pull requests, or is there a particular vetting process, 
> to 
> determine whether a function is generally useful enough to warrant inclusion 
> in the standard library, that should happen first to avoid cluttering the 
> pull 
> request queue?
> 
> As I get deeper into Racket, I expect I'll occasionally find a function I'm 
> used to having in the standard library of another language missing. I can 
> easily create my own packages for this sort of thing, but some of them may be 
> useful enough to add to Rackets standard library.
> 
> In the case of functions from another language's standard library, there is 
> at 
> least some filtering that has already happened, but I suppose the barrier to 
> inclusion into the standard library varies quite a bit among languages.
> 
> Thanks,
> Brian
> 
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