Hi Tomas,
> > In other words, the dot inside a list must be on its own (separated by
> > whitespace) to have the "cons" meaning. I think that Common Lisp
> > behaviour "makes more sense" in this regard and is "less restrictive".
>
> You are completely right. The current situation is dissatisfyin
On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 05:10:59PM +0200, Alexander Burger wrote:
> Hope this is OK now, and doesn't break anything.
I have to say that I still don't like the situation.
To me it does not feel "right" that the dot has such a dual nature. It
is now both a meta-character (in dotted pairs) and a nor
Hi Alex!
> I think the historical solution, where '.' was a plain meta-character,
> was the most consistent one. The dot was simply not allowed within
> internal symbols. Tt was only the representation of fixed point numbers
> that broke it.
I agree with this :)
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