Re: [racket-users] R7RS (small) in Racket

2015-10-26 Thread Matthew Flatt
I think a per-version switch would be reasonable. Another approach is to register a different checksum of the package for v6.2.1 and earlier releases, or create a shim for `make-syntax-introducer` that resides in its own package that has different implementations for different releases. To me,

Re: [racket-users] Why doesn't syntax/module-reader work with extra-argument read procedures?

2015-10-26 Thread Matthew Flatt
I don't think there's any reason for the omission aside from it not being implemented. A patch to add that support to `syntax/module-reader` would be welcome. At Sun, 25 Oct 2015 01:07:22 -0700, Alexis King wrote: > When discussing custom `read` and `read-syntax` implementations, the Racket >

Re: [racket-users] racket users fight for their right to colon keywords

2015-10-26 Thread Jordan Johnson
On Oct 23, 2015, at 8:30 AM, Greg Hendershott wrote: > Keyword arguments: Although I'm comfortable in the #: camp, I can > understand people preferring :foo over #:foo for the reason that it is > faster to type. #: requires two shifted chars. If you touch type you >