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Re: [Gcl-devel] Re: possible lisp reader enhancement/modification


From: Camm Maguire
Subject: Re: [Gcl-devel] Re: possible lisp reader enhancement/modification
Date: 09 Jul 2003 22:43:44 -0400
User-agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2

Greetings, and thanks!  OK, would someone mind putting together a
brief 'Paul Dietz style' test.lisp which would exersize this extension
only and ensure that whatever code we finally commit satisfies
everyone's needs?  Only if interested parties have available time, of
course. 

Take care,

"Paul F. Dietz" <address@hidden> writes:

> Camm Maguire wrote:
> > Hi Matt!  OK, Take four.  I can't imagine it would be a problem to
> > skip over whitespace in the case of our extension (package designator
> > before a left paren), so that's what I've included below.  As for
> > skipping in the case of whitespace between a package designator and a
> > symbol, I'll refer this to Paul for comment.
> 
> Skipping whitespace after the : (or ::) should also be an allowable
> syntax extension, as I read chapter 2.
> 
> Do you plan to implement FOO:(A B C) as well as FOO::(A B C)?
> In ACL the two appear to be equivalent, even if A (or B, or C)
> is not external in package FOO.
> 

It doesn't seem logical that the two should be equivalent, but I'm
open to implementing what people find useful as long as it does not
break the spec.

Take care,

>       Paul
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Camm Maguire                                            address@hidden
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