Re: [racket-users] syntax woe with typed Racket 'let'

2020-06-02 Thread Philip McGrath
On Mon, Jun 1, 2020 at 3:48 PM Sam Tobin-Hochstadt wrote: > (define (f [x : Number] . [y : String *]) : Number (+ x (length y))) > Another way to write this, which I often prefer, is: > (: f (-> Number String * Number)) > (define (f x . y) > (+ x (length y))) > -- You received this

Re: [racket-users] syntax woe with typed Racket 'let'

2020-06-01 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Mon, Jun 01, 2020 at 10:28:55PM -0500, Shu-Hung You wrote: > FWIW, because `.` is just cons, the program > (define (F [X : T1] . [Y : T2]) 'e) > is being read as: > (define (F [X : T1] Y : T2) 'e) > I guess that's the reason for having an extra '*' in the syntax. Indeed. It works for

Re: [racket-users] syntax woe with typed Racket 'let'

2020-06-01 Thread Shu-Hung You
FWIW, because `.` is just cons, the program (define (F [X : T1] . [Y : T2]) 'e) is being read as: (define (F [X : T1] Y : T2) 'e) I guess that's the reason for having an extra '*' in the syntax. On Mon, Jun 1, 2020 at 10:16 PM Sam Tobin-Hochstadt wrote: > > The syntax looks like this: >

Re: [racket-users] syntax woe with typed Racket 'let'

2020-06-01 Thread Sam Tobin-Hochstadt
The syntax looks like this: (define (f [x : Number] . [y : String *]) : Number (+ x (length y))) See the documentation for `define` in Typed Racket here:

Re: [racket-users] syntax woe with typed Racket 'let'

2020-06-01 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Mon, Jun 01, 2020 at 10:58:09AM -0400, Sam Tobin-Hochstadt wrote: > Do you perhaps have some other binding shadowing the binding of `:` > from Typed Racket? That produces the error message you get when I try > it. Not intentionally. I'll have to look carefully for possible candidates. Or ask

Re: [racket-users] syntax woe with typed Racket 'let'

2020-06-01 Thread Sam Tobin-Hochstadt
Do you perhaps have some other binding shadowing the binding of `:` from Typed Racket? That produces the error message you get when I try it. Sam On Sat, May 30, 2020 at 1:32 PM Hendrik Boom wrote: > > I'm sorry to keep pestering this list, but I'm out of my depth with the > detailed syntax