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

2016-02-25 Thread 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

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

2016-02-24 Thread 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

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

2016-02-24 Thread Brian Adkins
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