Re: [racket-dev] What is the policy on what is included in the core libraries?

2015-02-17 Thread Alexander D. Knauth
Somewhat related, would it make sense to add a function like stx-e that would 
be like (if (syntax? stx) (syntax-e stx) stx) to syntax/stx?

On Feb 17, 2015, at 2:18 AM, Alexis King  wrote:

> I was just thinking today that I would, for example, find it useful to have a 
> (zip ...) function in racket/list that would be equivalent to (map list ...). 
> Users coming from a Haskell background might even find it useful to have a 
> zip-with function that is simply an alias for map. Admittedly, these are 
> rather trivial, but (especially in the first case) I think they’d still be 
> useful.
> 
> I am all for avoiding feature creep and code bloat, but Racket’s “batteries 
> included” approach seems to make functions like these prime candidates for 
> libraries like racket/list. As long as they’re not in racket/base, they seem 
> fairly harmless, especially considering they would only be needed at 
> compile-time.
> 
> Should I even consider adding things like this, or is the consensus that the 
> libraries are mostly sufficient as-is?
> 
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Re: [racket-dev] What is the policy on what is included in the core libraries?

2015-02-17 Thread Matthias Felleisen

(I was thinking dissertations.) 


On Feb 17, 2015, at 2:47 PM, Dan Burton  wrote:

> Matthias, when you say "At some point TR will move on," what do you mean by 
> that? I, for one, would like to see TR more tightly integrated with regular 
> racket a la progressive types, rather than branching off into its own arena.
> 
> On Tuesday, February 17, 2015, Matthias Felleisen  
> wrote:
> 
> At some point TR will move on, and perhaps the time has come.
> 
> 
> On Feb 17, 2015, at 12:06 PM, Vincent St-Amour  wrote:
> 
> > I don't think we should add functions to TR that are not in Racket and
> > that are not clearly type-related (e.g., `cast`).
> >
> > I also like Jens's solution better. Education vs crutches.
> >
> > Vincent
> >
> >
> >
> > At Tue, 17 Feb 2015 10:39:16 -0500,
> > Matthias Felleisen wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> I'd add them to Typed Racket. That's what Haskellians are most likely to 
> >> explore and when they find them, it's a good thing (tm). -- Matthias
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Feb 17, 2015, at 2:18 AM, Alexis King  wrote:
> >>
> >>> I was just thinking today that I would, for example, find it useful to 
> >>> have a (zip ...) function in racket/list that would be equivalent to (map 
> >>> list ...). Users coming from a Haskell background might even find it 
> >>> useful to have a zip-with function that is simply an alias for map. 
> >>> Admittedly, these are rather trivial, but (especially in the first case) 
> >>> I think they’d still be useful.
> >>>
> >>> I am all for avoiding feature creep and code bloat, but Racket’s 
> >>> “batteries included” approach seems to make functions like these prime 
> >>> candidates for libraries like racket/list. As long as they’re not in 
> >>> racket/base, they seem fairly harmless, especially considering they would 
> >>> only be needed at compile-time.
> >>>
> >>> Should I even consider adding things like this, or is the consensus that 
> >>> the libraries are mostly sufficient as-is?
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Re: [racket-dev] What is the policy on what is included in the core libraries?

2015-02-17 Thread Dan Burton
Matthias, when you say "At some point TR will move on," what do you mean by
that? I, for one, would like to see TR more tightly integrated with regular
racket a la progressive types, rather than branching off into its own arena.

On Tuesday, February 17, 2015, Matthias Felleisen 
wrote:

>
> At some point TR will move on, and perhaps the time has come.
>
>
> On Feb 17, 2015, at 12:06 PM, Vincent St-Amour  > wrote:
>
> > I don't think we should add functions to TR that are not in Racket and
> > that are not clearly type-related (e.g., `cast`).
> >
> > I also like Jens's solution better. Education vs crutches.
> >
> > Vincent
> >
> >
> >
> > At Tue, 17 Feb 2015 10:39:16 -0500,
> > Matthias Felleisen wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> I'd add them to Typed Racket. That's what Haskellians are most likely
> to explore and when they find them, it's a good thing (tm). -- Matthias
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Feb 17, 2015, at 2:18 AM, Alexis King  > wrote:
> >>
> >>> I was just thinking today that I would, for example, find it useful to
> have a (zip ...) function in racket/list that would be equivalent to (map
> list ...). Users coming from a Haskell background might even find it useful
> to have a zip-with function that is simply an alias for map. Admittedly,
> these are rather trivial, but (especially in the first case) I think they’d
> still be useful.
> >>>
> >>> I am all for avoiding feature creep and code bloat, but Racket’s
> “batteries included” approach seems to make functions like these prime
> candidates for libraries like racket/list. As long as they’re not in
> racket/base, they seem fairly harmless, especially considering they would
> only be needed at compile-time.
> >>>
> >>> Should I even consider adding things like this, or is the consensus
> that the libraries are mostly sufficient as-is?
> >>>
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Re: [racket-dev] What is the policy on what is included in the core libraries?

2015-02-17 Thread Robby Findler
Yes, that's true.

Robby

On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 10:50 AM, Sam Tobin-Hochstadt
 wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 11:31 AM, Jens Axel Søgaard
>  wrote:
>> 2015-02-17 14:26 GMT+01:00 Robby Findler :
>>> I don't think the libraries are sufficient as is, but I would resist
>>> adding aliases.
>>
>> A alternative: Added the word  zip  to the documentation index,
>> link it to map and have an example where in (map list ...) is used.
>
> Since `zip` isn't an alias for anything, I think we should add it.
>
> Sam

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Re: [racket-dev] What is the policy on what is included in the core libraries?

2015-02-17 Thread Matthias Felleisen

At some point TR will move on, and perhaps the time has come. 


On Feb 17, 2015, at 12:06 PM, Vincent St-Amour  wrote:

> I don't think we should add functions to TR that are not in Racket and
> that are not clearly type-related (e.g., `cast`).
> 
> I also like Jens's solution better. Education vs crutches.
> 
> Vincent
> 
> 
> 
> At Tue, 17 Feb 2015 10:39:16 -0500,
> Matthias Felleisen wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> I'd add them to Typed Racket. That's what Haskellians are most likely to 
>> explore and when they find them, it's a good thing (tm). -- Matthias
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Feb 17, 2015, at 2:18 AM, Alexis King  wrote:
>> 
>>> I was just thinking today that I would, for example, find it useful to have 
>>> a (zip ...) function in racket/list that would be equivalent to (map list 
>>> ...). Users coming from a Haskell background might even find it useful to 
>>> have a zip-with function that is simply an alias for map. Admittedly, these 
>>> are rather trivial, but (especially in the first case) I think they’d still 
>>> be useful.
>>> 
>>> I am all for avoiding feature creep and code bloat, but Racket’s “batteries 
>>> included” approach seems to make functions like these prime candidates for 
>>> libraries like racket/list. As long as they’re not in racket/base, they 
>>> seem fairly harmless, especially considering they would only be needed at 
>>> compile-time.
>>> 
>>> Should I even consider adding things like this, or is the consensus that 
>>> the libraries are mostly sufficient as-is?
>>> 
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Re: [racket-dev] What is the policy on what is included in the core libraries?

2015-02-17 Thread Vincent St-Amour
I don't think we should add functions to TR that are not in Racket and
that are not clearly type-related (e.g., `cast`).

I also like Jens's solution better. Education vs crutches.

Vincent



At Tue, 17 Feb 2015 10:39:16 -0500,
Matthias Felleisen wrote:
> 
> 
> I'd add them to Typed Racket. That's what Haskellians are most likely to 
> explore and when they find them, it's a good thing (tm). -- Matthias
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Feb 17, 2015, at 2:18 AM, Alexis King  wrote:
> 
> > I was just thinking today that I would, for example, find it useful to have 
> > a (zip ...) function in racket/list that would be equivalent to (map list 
> > ...). Users coming from a Haskell background might even find it useful to 
> > have a zip-with function that is simply an alias for map. Admittedly, these 
> > are rather trivial, but (especially in the first case) I think they’d still 
> > be useful.
> > 
> > I am all for avoiding feature creep and code bloat, but Racket’s “batteries 
> > included” approach seems to make functions like these prime candidates for 
> > libraries like racket/list. As long as they’re not in racket/base, they 
> > seem fairly harmless, especially considering they would only be needed at 
> > compile-time.
> > 
> > Should I even consider adding things like this, or is the consensus that 
> > the libraries are mostly sufficient as-is?
> > 
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Re: [racket-dev] What is the policy on what is included in the core libraries?

2015-02-17 Thread Eli Barzilay
On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 8:26 AM, Robby Findler
 wrote:
> I don't think the libraries are sufficient as is, but I would resist
> adding aliases.
>
> Perhaps a better way to get people coming from Haskell would be to
> write an essay specifically aimed there?
>
>   - Step 1: use variables.
>   - Step 2: here are `for` loops!

Instead of an essay, this could be a guide for Haskellers/MLers/
Whatever-ers, which would make it easy to get results into documentation
searches, and that would make it easy to address issues that cannot be
resolved with a new binding like the bad argument order in `take` or the
different input function for the folds.

(Another point for avoiding a `zip` binding is that it's much more
likely to collide with user defined functions than it is in other
languages.)

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Re: [racket-dev] What is the policy on what is included in the core libraries?

2015-02-17 Thread Sam Tobin-Hochstadt
On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 11:31 AM, Jens Axel Søgaard
 wrote:
> 2015-02-17 14:26 GMT+01:00 Robby Findler :
>> I don't think the libraries are sufficient as is, but I would resist
>> adding aliases.
>
> A alternative: Added the word  zip  to the documentation index,
> link it to map and have an example where in (map list ...) is used.

Since `zip` isn't an alias for anything, I think we should add it.

Sam

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Re: [racket-dev] What is the policy on what is included in the core libraries?

2015-02-17 Thread Jens Axel Søgaard
2015-02-17 14:26 GMT+01:00 Robby Findler :
> I don't think the libraries are sufficient as is, but I would resist
> adding aliases.

A alternative: Added the word  zip  to the documentation index,
link it to map and have an example where in (map list ...) is used.

Also: Isn't zip in srfi/1 ?

/Jens Axel

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Re: [racket-dev] What is the policy on what is included in the core libraries?

2015-02-17 Thread Matthias Felleisen

I'd add them to Typed Racket. That's what Haskellians are most likely to 
explore and when they find them, it's a good thing (tm). -- Matthias




On Feb 17, 2015, at 2:18 AM, Alexis King  wrote:

> I was just thinking today that I would, for example, find it useful to have a 
> (zip ...) function in racket/list that would be equivalent to (map list ...). 
> Users coming from a Haskell background might even find it useful to have a 
> zip-with function that is simply an alias for map. Admittedly, these are 
> rather trivial, but (especially in the first case) I think they’d still be 
> useful.
> 
> I am all for avoiding feature creep and code bloat, but Racket’s “batteries 
> included” approach seems to make functions like these prime candidates for 
> libraries like racket/list. As long as they’re not in racket/base, they seem 
> fairly harmless, especially considering they would only be needed at 
> compile-time.
> 
> Should I even consider adding things like this, or is the consensus that the 
> libraries are mostly sufficient as-is?
> 
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Re: [racket-dev] What is the policy on what is included in the core libraries?

2015-02-17 Thread Robby Findler
I don't think the libraries are sufficient as is, but I would resist
adding aliases.

Perhaps a better way to get people coming from Haskell would be to
write an essay specifically aimed there?

  - Step 1: use variables.
  - Step 2: here are `for` loops!

;)

Robby


On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 1:18 AM, Alexis King  wrote:
> I was just thinking today that I would, for example, find it useful to have
> a (zip ...) function in racket/list that would be equivalent to (map list
> ...). Users coming from a Haskell background might even find it useful to
> have a zip-with function that is simply an alias for map. Admittedly, these
> are rather trivial, but (especially in the first case) I think they’d still
> be useful.
>
> I am all for avoiding feature creep and code bloat, but Racket’s “batteries
> included” approach seems to make functions like these prime candidates for
> libraries like racket/list. As long as they’re not in racket/base, they seem
> fairly harmless, especially considering they would only be needed at
> compile-time.
>
> Should I even consider adding things like this, or is the consensus that the
> libraries are mostly sufficient as-is?
>
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[racket-dev] What is the policy on what is included in the core libraries?

2015-02-16 Thread Alexis King
I was just thinking today that I would, for example, find it useful to have a 
(zip ...) function in racket/list that would be equivalent to (map list ...). 
Users coming from a Haskell background might even find it useful to have a 
zip-with function that is simply an alias for map. Admittedly, these are rather 
trivial, but (especially in the first case) I think they’d still be useful.

I am all for avoiding feature creep and code bloat, but Racket’s “batteries 
included” approach seems to make functions like these prime candidates for 
libraries like racket/list. As long as they’re not in racket/base, they seem 
fairly harmless, especially considering they would only be needed at 
compile-time.

Should I even consider adding things like this, or is the consensus that the 
libraries are mostly sufficient as-is?

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