Re: [Chicken-users] srfi-98?

2008-09-23 Thread John Cowan
felix winkelmann scripsit: > Even though "getenv" is more widespread, following the SRFI might be > the right way. Let's have both, it's cheap enough: just one more name for the same function. And being able to capture the whole environment as an a-list is a big win in certain circumstances. --

Re: [Chicken-users] srfi-98?

2008-09-23 Thread Peter Bex
On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 02:15:58PM +0200, felix winkelmann wrote: > On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 10:50 AM, Peter Bex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> Even though "getenv" is more widespread, following the SRFI might be > >> the right way. > > > > Agreed. Perhaps now is a good time to start thinking

Re: [Chicken-users] srfi-98?

2008-09-23 Thread felix winkelmann
On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 10:50 AM, Peter Bex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Even though "getenv" is more widespread, following the SRFI might be >> the right way. > > Agreed. Perhaps now is a good time to start thinking about some kind of > system for ensuring backwards compat, to prevent cruft f

Re: [Chicken-users] srfi-98?

2008-09-23 Thread Peter Bex
On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 10:42:22AM +0200, felix winkelmann wrote: > Hi! > > > What do people think of > > http://srfi.schemers.org/srfi-98/ > > Even though "getenv" is more widespread, following the SRFI might be > the right way. Agreed. Perhaps now is a good time to start thinking about some

[Chicken-users] srfi-98?

2008-09-23 Thread felix winkelmann
Hi! What do people think of http://srfi.schemers.org/srfi-98/ Even though "getenv" is more widespread, following the SRFI might be the right way. cheers, felix ___ Chicken-users mailing list Chicken-users@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman

[Chicken-users] merging hygienic branch into trunk

2008-09-23 Thread felix winkelmann
Hi, folks! I'd like to merge the hygienic branch into trunk (or more specifically, convert trunk into a branch and replace it with hygienic) at some stage. Should be figure out some sort of time-schedule for this? If yes, please give me advice. cheers, felix _