was Re: strings rationale

[Tom Lord]

      After reading this thread, I have to say that I really don't like the
      idea of symbols being transparently interchangable in *any* context
      with strings.  Some of the arguments I've heard in favor of this
                     ^^^^^
      change sound like they could also be used to argue for the
      interchangability of integers and strings

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  - performance?  Consider future compilation optimizations

This argument doesn't really hold up, but it does point to a
long-standing problem about Guile design discussions on mailing lists,
which I'll probably address in a future message.


-t