Re: New egg: SRFI-87: => in case clauses

[Mario Domenech Goulart]

On Sat, 21 Nov 2020 08:18:54 -0800 <noosphere@mailc.net> wrote:

> On Sat 21 Nov 2020 12:14:29 PM +01, Mario Domenech Goulart wrote:
>>
>>
>> Thanks.  I'm afraid SRFI-87 is already supported by CHICKEN core, isn't
>> it?  Am I missing something?
>
> Hmm... it wasn't listed on the Supported Standards page[1]
>
> megane in #chicken alsays said:
>
> "yep, there's => support for case in core already"
>
> If I knew this SRFI was already supported, I wouldn't have bothered
> packaging it.
>
> Oh well, it was a quick and easy one.. so no big deal..  I guess you can
> just ignore my egg.
>
> However, is there somewhere on the wiki I could link to where it
> mentions that SRFI-87 support is in core?
>
>   --Sergey
>
> [1] - https://wiki.call-cc.org/supported-standards

The support for `=>' in cond clauses has been added [to CHICKEN 4.9.0]
to conform to R7RS, not exactly to support SRFI-87, as far as I can
tell.  It is documented in
http://wiki.call-cc.org/man/5/Module%20scheme#derived-expression-types
(look for the documentation of `case')

All the best.
Mario
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